<p>A social worker at a Maine school gave a 13-year-old girl a chest binder and secretly supported her gender transition without informing her parents, the girl&#8217;s mother claims.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, mom Amber Lavigne gave an emotional <a href="https://rumble.com/v20zf1q-maine-mom-discovers-school-provided-chest-binder-to-her-13-year-old.html">speech</a> to the Central Lincoln County School System school board in southern Maine, claiming a social worker at Great Salt Bay Community School had provided her daughter with a chest binder, a device used to crush female breasts in order to achieve a more masculine appearance.</p>
<p>&#8220;She is a minor child,&#8221; the mom said, her voice breaking, &#8220;and under no circumstances should she have been provided a chest binder without knowledge of the parents.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lavigne said she discovered the chest binder in her daughter&#8217;s bedroom on December 2. She also noted that her daughter expressed that she had made the discovery because keeping a secret from her parents had been causing her distress, anxiety, and depression.</p>
<p>Binding can <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/chest-binding-can-lead-to-chronic-pain-this-genderqueer-massage-therapist-wants-to-help/2018/12/26/cfadf6cc-0493-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html">cause</a> <a href="https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-chest-binding">a litany</a> of <a href="https://www.statsforgender.org/binding/">negative</a> <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691058.2016.1191675?journalCode=tchs20">effects</a>, including rib fractures, shortness of breath, potentially chronic back and chest pain, bad posture, overheating, numbness, lightheadedness, and fungal infections. A 2016 <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691058.2016.1191675?journalCode=tchs20">study</a> found that more than 97% of people reported at least one of 28 different negative effects due to binding.</p>
<p>Lavigne has since pulled her daughter from the school.</p>
<p>The school social worker in question is allegedly Samuel Roy, <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2022/12/damariscotta-maine-teacher-social-worker-gender-transition-sam-roy/">according</a> to the Maine Wire, a local outlet.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://greatsaltbayschool.org/?page_id=59">staff list</a> for Great Salt Bay Community School appears to have been scrubbed from their website since December 18. However, an archived <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221218023545/https://greatsaltbayschool.org/staff/">version</a> of the webpage shows Roy listed as a social worker.</p>
<p>Lavigne&#8217;s daughter was originally assigned to a different social worker, but when Roy took over her care in October her parents were never informed, Lavigne told the school board. The social worker provided the 13-year-old with the chest binder just two weeks after meeting her, she claimed.</p>
<p>&#8220;A social worker at the school encouraged a student to keep a secret from their parents. This is the very definition of child predatory sexual grooming,&#8221; Lavigne said.</p>
<p>The school&#8217;s policies <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2022/12/maine-school-hides-staff-list-after-report-on-secret-gender-transition-for-13-year-old-girl/">reportedly</a> prohibit staff members from &#8220;asking a student to keep a secret.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lavigne demanded that all district employees who were aware that the chest binder was provided to her daughter be fired immediately.</p>
<p>&#8220;Laws, policies, and parental trust were broken,&#8221; she said, &#8220;and the decisions made drove a wedge between a child and their parents.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;No other parent should have to go through the trauma and distress, serious distress, that this has caused my family,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>Lavigne told The Daily Wire that her attorney is filing a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission.</p>
<p>In a statement, School Board Chairman Samuel Belknap said the board is &#8220;not able to discuss confidential student and staff information in public.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;When administrators receive concerns from parents and/or students about potential issues in school, the Board has specific policies and procedures in place that must be followed when addressing those concerns,&#8221; read the school board&#8217;s statement, provided to The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Board is aware that rumors and allegations have been published and republished on various social media platforms relating to this issue,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;While it is unfortunate that some individuals have sought to use this issue to try and divide our community, as a Board, we are committed not only to following Maine law but also honoring our school&#8217;s core values, and focusing on treating each other with dignity and respect.&#8221;</p>
<p>Superintendent Lynsey Johnston provided the same statement but did not respond when asked whether the district is investigating the situation.</p>

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