Young father wins custody of son after gender-confused mother raised him ‘nonbinary’

Harrison Tinsley said his faith and family kept him going through the lengthy battle.



A dad who recently won full custody of his son after a legal battle with his ex-wife, who wanted to raise their boy as “nonbinary,” said a “deep feeling” in his “soul” kept him going.

Harrison Tinsley now has full custody of his son Sawyer after a “4 1/2-year” battle that has been going on since the boy was born.


Tinsley, who did not even get to meet Sawyer until he was 15 months old, recently spoke to LifeSiteNews about what helped him in his fight.

“Sawyer says his mother tells him he is both a boy and a girl, but Sawyer is fully aware he is a boy,” Tinsley said in 2023, as previously reported by LifeSiteNews. “I am certain this is confusing him and emotionally traumatizing. He is not old enough to even be thinking about this ideology, but his mother is coercing him into it.”

The boy’s mom was reportedly using “they/them” pronouns for Sawyer as well.

“Definitely my faith, Christianity,” but also “family, friends” and a “deep feeling in my soul that I have to do this no matter what pain I go through,” Tinsley said during a phone interview on Wednesday. “This is the right thing to do.”

That pain included court battles, a visit from Child Protective Services, raising money for legal fees, and dealing with an ex with mental health problems and substance abuse issues. The boy’s mother also would dress him like a girl, as previously reported by The Daily Signal.

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