As discussed in my previous essay, the new Massachusetts’ statutes will create increased distress and challenges for the gender-confused child and his or her family; the consequences, unfortunately, will not stop there. In fact, the Board’s presumption that the claiming of different gendered status by a child’s peer has a positive (or even neutral) effect on the others in the school—already being challenged by some parents and at least one council member—is naïve, at best.