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…