A Colorado family's outrage over their 11-year-old daughter being assigned to share a hotel room — and ultimately the same bed — with a transgender student during a school trip is gaining national attention as their federal legal battle exposes the increasing tension between transgender ideology and parental rights.

Joe and Serena Wailes said in 2023 that their daughter learned she would share a room with a biological male student who identified as a female after showing up for a Jefferson County Public Schools-sponsored trip to Washington, D.C.

Their daughter was allowed to eventually change her room, but the family says she was instructed not to explain the reason for the change. The Wailes argue that the directive reflects a broader pattern of secrecy regarding gender-related matters

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