Utah Judge Orders Return of Child Amid International Custody Dispute Involving Gender Identity
A Utah state judge has ordered the return of a 10-year-old child to the biological mother amid a complex custody dispute involving international parental kidnapping and gender identity issues. The child's parent, Rose Inessa-Ethington, a transgender woman, allegedly took the child to Cuba without the mother's consent, sparking concerns over potential gender transition surgery. The Trump administration intervened by sending a government plane to retrieve the child from Cuba. Rose and her partner, Blue Inessa-Ethington, were arrested and charged with international parental kidnapping. The case began when the child was not returned to the mother as scheduled, leading to a missing-person report filed in Logan, Utah. The couple had traveled to Canada and then to Cuba, allegedly to avoid legal repercussions in the U.S. 
