N.C.: Father sues over schools’ alleged refusal to disclose if members of opposite sex use same facilities as his children

A North Carolina father is suing the Cabarrus County school board over its refusal to disclose if members of the opposite biological sex are able to use his children’s bathrooms or locker rooms at their respective schools.

On Friday, Brandon Matthews filed a suit against the county’s education board, the superintendent of the county schools, as well as the principals of his children’s schools.

“Because of his sincerely held religious beliefs and his convictions about what is best for his children’s safety and well-being, Mr. Matthews seeks to ensure that his children are not required or expected to undress or use the restroom in the presence of members of the opposite sex,” read the court document, which Fox News provided.

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“But both principals refused to answer his questions, instead telling Mr. Matthews that he could contact them if and when one of his children found himself or herself in an uncomfortable situation,” the court filing read. “But the Constitution does not require Mr. Matthews to wait.”

The suit pulls on the 2025 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which the court found that schools must inform parents and give them an opportunity to excuse their children from instruction involving “LGBTQ+-inclusive” storybooks when it goes against their religious beliefs.

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Brandon Matthews, a North Carolina father, is taking his children’s school district to court after officials allegedly declined to answer whether biological males can access the bathrooms used by his daughter.

His lawsuit seeks information about the district’s policies and… pic.twitter.com/PZkm6KAf7D— One America News (@OANN) August 9, 2026

The principal of Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Alyn Szymański, responded on June 8^th, saying that because “matters involving individual students are confidential,” the school “cannot confirm, disclose, or provide advance notice regarding the status, identity, or accommodations of any particular student,” per the filing. The other principal reportedly provided a similar response.

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“Brandon Matthews does not currently know whether a male is using his fourth grade daughter’s bathroom,” Nicholas Barry, senior counsel at the AFL, told the outlet.

“And does he have a constitutional right to know that? We say ‘yes,’” he said. “Without that information, he’s just in the dark and…He really can’t make any good decisions without that information.”

The AFL is also involved in another lawsuit against Cabarrus County Schools, which alleges that female students at Cox Mill High School were required to share locker rooms, restrooms and changing spaces with a biological male.

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