COLORADO PARENTS TAKE NOTE: While you’re busy buying crayons & glue sticks for your child’s first day of school, parents in Roaring Fork may not know what “lessons” await their young children. The district’s “3Rs” curriculum exposes children as young as 5 to vulgar and controversial content about human sexuality—with inconsistent parental notice and insufficient opportunities to opt out. The slides below are blurred for decency on social media. But the 3Rs curriculum shows them to young children unblurred—then quizzes them on the names of the body parts. Lessons also instruct teachers to encourage young children to express “how they like to be touched” and to reject “a binary construct of gender.” By 6th grade, students are told to become “Sex Ed Sleuths” and are instructed to research sexual-education websites—with no mention of parental permission or involvement until after they finish their research. And that’s the glaring constitutional problem. Roaring Fork automatically enrolls young children in graphic, ideological lessons about human sexuality, with inconsistent notice to parents about what their children will see, and in some cases insufficient opt outs—if parents even get that chance. This isn’t just shocking and disturbing. It’s a violation of parents’ constitutional rights. Today @ADFLegal sent a letter to the school board in Roaring Fork. To avoid further action, the board should either remove this curriculum or—at the very least—change it to “opt-in” rather than “opt-out.” Exposing young children to graphic sexual content without the knowledge & guidance of their parents is both morally reprehensible and legally impermissible.

Of course Sophie wants to get back to basketball. Women who love the game just want to play. But I’m so grateful she used her voice and her platform to speak out for women’s sports. Because every girl deserves that same opportunity.

BREAKING: A federal court has just REOPENED our counseling freedom case in Washington state! Back in 2021, counselor Brian Tingley challenged Washington’s ban on helping young clients accept their bodies rather than pursue “gender transition.” Laws like these were widely passed in left-leaning states, pushing young people and their families down a medicalized pathway and barring them from professional help to choose a more cautious path. After @ADFLegal helped Brian file his suit, the Supreme Court ultimately declined to hear his case in 2023. But his case laid important groundwork, with Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh dissenting from the Court’s denial of cert. The following term, the Court agreed to hear Chiles v. Salazar—a nearly identical ADF case, challenging Colorado’s nearly identical law. As we all know, Chiles resulted in an 8-1 victory for free speech this year. Now, thanks to that precedent, yesterday a federal judge agreed to revive Brian’s free speech challenge to the Washington law. This isn’t just a vindication for Brian. It’s a ray of hope for counselors, kids, and families in Washington state. ADF will keep working until these ideological counseling bans are a thing of the past nationwide. Kids with gender distress deserve compassionate, professional care—not a one-way counseling script mandated by the state.

Today, Do No Harm sent letters to 10 of the nation's leading medical societies including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the Endocrine Society, calling on them to formally reject genital surgeries performed on minors as part of so-called "gender-affirming care." ✉️ The letter, signed by Dr. Stanley Goldfarb and Dr. Kurt Miceli, argues that adolescents aren't equipped to give informed consent for irreversible procedures, and points out that nearly two dozen systematic reviews have failed to show a medical benefit from these interventions. "Professional medical societies that endorse so-called gender-affirming care in minors bear tremendous responsibility for the harm done to American children," said Dr. Miceli. Find the letter here:

Whatever heat Sophie Cunningham may be getting in Seattle, she’s getting a lot more love from around the nation for her courage and common sense. Great discussion with @ClayTravis today on women’s sports.

Young women continue to lead the way in speaking out for biological reality, even when faced with bullying and intimidation tactics. Pray for these girls to stay strong and courageous. Gender ideology can ONLY survive when the truth is silenced. And the activists know it.

The way @seattlestorm fans, players, and even an owner treated teenage girls today for the simple act of wearing @xx_xyathletics shirts and cheering on @sophaller was beyond disgusting. They were cussed at, booed, and intentionally tripped. One of them was berated until she cried. As usual, the people preaching “love and inclusion” prove to be the most hateful bigots of all. I will have much more tomorrow — and none of the culprits will be spared my fury.

Fired for having the "wrong" beliefs. An Oregon social worker lost his job for simply displaying books in his office that uphold the truth about gender, written by @ryanbomberger and @MattWalshBlog. ADF's @LanghoferTyson and client Rod Theis joined Fox News to discuss.

BREAKING: As @POTUS just made clear, America is not the European Union’s piggybank. The EU is overregulated, economically stagnant, and increasingly dependent on extracting billions from the very American companies that drive the global digital economy. So Brussels does what struggling bureaucracies often do: it targets successful U.S. businesses—@X, @Google, @Meta, @Apple, and others—with massive fines and sweeping regulatory mandates. @ADFLegal and @ADFIntl are backing @X and @elonmusk in the first-ever legal challenge to the Digital Services Act—the EU’s sweeping speech-regulation regime, marketed as “online safety.” More companies are likely to follow. But protecting free speech, innovation, and American competitiveness will ultimately require sustained action from Washington. Enough is enough. The European Union cannot be both the world’s speech regulator and its tax collector. Brussels can change course—or President Trump and @USTradeRep appear prepared to ensure that America’s interests are defended.

Role models matter. Listen to our client Lainey Armistead describe how she felt when her soccer hero, Megan Rapinoe, betrayed her on the issue of men in women’s sports. You can hear the emotion in her voice. Thankfully, Lainey was strong. She found her courage anyway. She fought for women and girls all the way to the Supreme Court. But it’s so much easier to stand for truth when you’re not alone. And that’s why Sophie Cunningham’s open defense of biological reality is so important. It’s important because gender ideology depends on silence to survive. The idea that a boy can become a girl is false—and falsehoods are fragile. This lie was only able to take over our cultural institutions because so many people were afraid to speak out, afraid to lose their jobs, afraid to be accused of “hate” or “transphobia” on social media—or by star athletes like Megan Rapinoe. So when young women like Lainey, Madi, and MK spoke out for truth, the spell began to break. Other young women found their courage too. The tide began to turn. But still, there was silence from those with the biggest platforms and the most to lose: female athletes currently playing professional sports. Sophie has shattered that silence, bolstering the courage of countless young women. And she’s just one of the first. If the pattern holds, there will be more.

The Chiles v. Salazar ripple effect continues! Today the 8th Circuit reversed a lower court’s ruling against two counselors from Kansas City, MO. Wyatt Bury and Pamela Eisenrich challenged two local ordinances that allowed counselors to encourage kids toward “gender transition,” while banning voluntary conversations meant to help kids accept their bodies. This is precisely the kind of viewpoint discrimination the Supreme Court found to be unconstitutional in Chiles. The lower court will now reexamine the case in light of that Chiles ruling. The era when struggling kids and families were barred from commonsense counseling is—we pray—coming to an end.

Spotted in an @ADFLegal office today. We’re so proud of our clients—and every young woman who refused to quietly go along with a lie. They deserve every medal they were denied, and then some.

Today you will read many sympathetic media stories about B.P.J., the male athlete who challenged WV’s law and lost at SCOTUS. I’m guessing none will mention that B.P.J. defeated 470+ girls 1,400+ times (including a state title) and sexually harassed our client Adaleia (pictured) in the girls’ locker room. Sadly, Adaleia stopped playing the school sports she loved due to B.P.J.’s ongoing presence in girls’ sports and spaces. But we’ll probably be lucky if those girls get even a passing mention—let alone a front-page photo. This has been the pattern on this issue from far too many institutions of power. Boys’ feelings are the focus. Girls’ safety, fairness, and opportunity take a back seat.
 I’m so thankful today that the Supreme Court reversed that pattern, acknowledged the reality of biological sex, and remembered the girls.

When a Prime Minister resigns, we enter the danger zone as they search for a legacy and introduce poorly drafted legislation. This week, the Government announced a Conversion Therapy Ban Bill that is so broadly drawn that parents, therapists and even religious leaders could face prosecution for well-intentioned conversations about sex and gender. Speech is always curtailed in the name of preventing ‘harm’. But stopping parents from talking honestly to their children about the risks of irreversible medical procedures will cause actual, real-world harm. This is a fight we have to win. ✍️ Sign our petition and let Andy Burnham — our likely next Prime Minister — know how you feel about this anti-free speech measure 👇

Crews are racing to rescue survivors after two powerful earthquakes devastated Venezuela, the Trump administration takes a victory lap after the Supreme Court delivers several favorable rulings, and President Trump wins over more Republicans for his handling of the Iran conflict as oil prices continue to fall. Reporting from @cabot_phillips & @bdomenech. Plus, we speak with Jonathan Scruggs from @ADFLegal. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

UPDATE: The 5th Circuit has granted @AGLizMurrill & @ADFLegal’s request for an expedited review of Louisiana v. FDA. Our appeal will be heard September 9th. We look forward to standing with women, babies, and pro-life states against the reckless harm of mail-order abortion.

Our client has spent 6+ years in a Nigerian prison for song lyrics. Now authorities have delayed his hearing again. Nigeria is one of just 7 nations on earth that still has the death penalty for “blasphemy.” Free Yahaya. End blasphemy laws. Protect religious freedom in Nigeria.