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Portland Public Schools rescinds ban on woman who questioned child's gender identity assignment

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Meriwether Lewis Elementary School was at the center of a lawsuit between a Portland, Oregon, mother and her children's school district. (Google Earth)

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Portland Public Schools rescinded its trespass order against an Oregon mother over her opposition to the district's gender curriculum, according to a legal group representing the parent.

In August, Allison Roberts sued Portland Public Schools after she expressed concern last year over Meriwether Lewis Elementary School's decision to repaint its traditional rainbow pride flag into an "Intersex-Inclusive Progress" variant to include support for racial inclusion and transgender rights.

Roberts also discovered an "identity flower" assignment given to her 11-year-old child that asked students to identify and discuss their gender identity with classmates and teachers.

After receiving what she described as an unsatisfactory response from the school, Roberts wrote an open letter to the community criticizing the…

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