In response to the spreading social contagion of transgenderism, particularly in public schools, several California school districts passed rules mandating parental notification when their children asked to change their names, clothing, or pronouns or exhibited other symptoms of gender dysphoria. In response, they were sued by the California Attorney General who sought an order to cancel those rules. The state responded by passing the hilariously named SAFETY Act which was signed into law by Gavin Newsom. The law forbids parental notification. Now the next round of the tug-of-war is unfolding. Several districts are suing to put the state law on hold and protect the right to parental notification, including the Chino Valley School District.
California’s ban on “forced outings” of trans and non-binary students in schools is being challenged in court by a local school district with a policy requiring parents to be notified of changes in a student’s name or pronoun.
Since July 2023, several California school boards voted to pass policies requiring teachers to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender or changes the name or pronouns other than what aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth. The Chino Valley Unified School District is one of these districts to pass such a policy.
Chino Valley School District was sued in August 2023 by California Attorney General Rob Bonta for its enforcement of such policy.
This is an insane battle between advocates of parental rights and the unhinged progressives who have turned public schools into transgender indoctrination clinics. The people on the left are among those who still chant, “It takes a village” and insist that the state must raise and assume responsibility for the upbringing of children. The parents on the right who are fighting back cite not only the Consitution but the God-given right of parents to raise their children and be fully involved in their lives.
This never should have even been a question to begin with. Obviously the parents have the final say in the development and protection of their children. The schools have an obligation to ensure those rights. Look no further than the ridiculous language on display in this debate. Opponents are referring to parental notification as a “forced outing.” That’s not even what “outing” means. The phrase traditionally referred to cases where a gay or lesbian person might have their sexual orientation revealed to their employer or others in their community, potentially resulting in retaliation or threats. You can’t “out” a child to their own parents because the parents have a responsibility to step in and seek help if their children are exhibiting symptoms of any sort of mental health issues, including gender dysphoria.
When it comes to this sort of secrecy and lack of transparency on display, you should keep in mind one simple question that I’ve been posing here for years. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear an adult telling a child the following? “This will have to be our little secret. Don’t tell your mother or father.” You don’t need me to provide the answer for you. You know immediately that something very bad is going on and the parents need to be alerted immediately, if not the police.
And yet that is precisely what Gavin Newsom and most of California’s Democrats are advocating for. They are not only refusing to endorse a support system to assist potentially gender-confused children, but they are seeking to bring down the hammer of the government to prevent parents from finding out that their children may be in a perilous situation. This isn’t simply wrong. It’s evil, plain and simple. If these parent groups can’t prevail and have this law beaten back, they should take their children out of school and opt for either private school, homeschooling, or simply join the millions of others who have fled the insanity of California.
