A California judge dealt a devastating blow to a Texas father in his years-long fight to stop his ex-wife from allowing their pre-teen son, who identifies as a girl named “Luna,” to receive gender-affirming care.
Father of two Jeff Younger, 59, announced on X that he “lost all parental rights” over his twin sons after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Juhas granted his estranged pediatrician ex-wife Anne Georgulas the authority to “castrate” his 12-year-old son James.
“I lost all parental rights to my sons. Goodbye, boys. Perhaps, we will meet when you are adults. California Judge Juhas gave my ex-wife authority to castrate my son, James.” Younger wrote, referring to a treatment known as chemical castration.
Chemical castration involves the use of puberty-blocking drugs to stop sex hormone production. Unlike surgical castration, chemical castration does not remove organs.
The long legal battle between Younger and Georgulas made headlines in 2018, when she sought a restraining order against Younger to block him from entering the twins’ school or telling other parents or students “that the gender of Luna is different than a girl named Luna,” the Washington Post reported at the time.
Georgulas insisted James, who was 6 at the time, identified as female and wished to wear dresses and be called “Luna” instead.
