LGBTQ+ students have become a political target. Know your rights in California
1 year, 4 months ago

LGBTQ+ students have become a political target. Know your rights in California

LA Times  

Protesters outside the Supreme Court during an LGBTQ+ rights hearing to support equal treatment for everyone including students. LGBTQ+ students in Southern California face a growing number of challenges as simmering hostility around LGBTQ+ rights boils over in various school districts. According to the ACLU of Southern California, the nonprofit GLSEN advocacy group, an LGBTQ+ youth advocacy group and the California Education Code, LGBTQ+ students have extensive legal safeguards in California. And more broadly, the California education code’s guarantee of equal rights requires schools to prevent bias and discrimination against LGBTQ+ pupils, including harassment based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. The California Department of Education’s website provides guidance on curriculum materials that are inclusive of LGBTQ+ youth, peer support or affinity clubs and organizations, safe spaces for LGBTQ+ students, and anti-bias training for school staff.

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‘Sex work’ advocacy in California is harming children
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Sex work’ advocacy in California is harming children

Al Jazeera  

In recent decades, so-called “sex workers’ rights” campaigners working to decriminalise pimping and buying of sex have attached themselves, just like trans rights activists, to the movement for the rights of same sex attracted people. “We are particularly concerned that the harsher penalties proposed in this bill will disproportionately impact marginalised communities, especially members of the LGBTQ+ community, who already …

California passes law banning school mandates that out trans students
5 months, 1 week ago

California passes law banning school mandates that out trans students

Salon  

On Monday, California became the first U.S. state to legally bar school districts from notifying parents of a child's decision to change their pronouns. The law was signed in response to local districts in California passing laws requiring school districts to notify their parents if they learn of a child changing their pronoun. “As a parent, I urge all parents …

Southern California school district sues Gov. Newsom over new gender-identity law
5 months, 1 week ago

Southern California school district sues Gov. Newsom over new gender-identity law

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Southern California school district involved in an ongoing legal battle with the state over the district’s gender-identity policy sued Democratic Gov. But Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon called the lawsuit “deeply unserious” and said the new law “preserves the child-parent relationship.” “California law ensures minors can’t legally change their name or gender without parental consent, and parents …

California bill would protect teachers amid school gender debates
7 months ago

California bill would protect teachers amid school gender debates

LA Times  

Supporters of transgender student rights rally outside an Orange Unified School District board meeting last year in protest of requiring educators to notify parents whose children use a different gender identity at school. Assemblymember Christopher M. Ward is carrying legislation that would shield teachers from “any retaliation” for supporting transgender student rights and would prohibit school policies that require “forced …

Battles over California schools’ transgender policies are raging in court. How’d we get here?
8 months, 1 week ago

Battles over California schools’ transgender policies are raging in court. How’d we get here?

LA Times  

It’s Tuesday, April 16. Rob Bonta named their would-be state law: “Restricts Rights of Transgender Youth.” Under the proposed initiative, schools in the state would be required to notify parents if their child changes their gender identification unofficially, such as in conversation with friends or teachers, or in school records, like a roll sheet. The initiative would also prohibit gender-affirming …

Crowd protests LGBTQ+ education in Los Angeles; two arrested at LAUSD offices
1 year, 4 months ago

Crowd protests LGBTQ+ education in Los Angeles; two arrested at LAUSD offices

LA Times  

About 150 demonstrators who oppose LGBTQ+ education marched on Monday from City Hall to the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters, where two counterprotesters were taken into custody as dozens of officers kept the opposing groups apart after heated exchanges. “And we don’t want people to talk about sex with our children without telling us and behind our backs.” About …

3 arrested outside Glendale school board in violent clashes over LGBTQ+ rights
1 year, 6 months ago

3 arrested outside Glendale school board in violent clashes over LGBTQ+ rights

LA Times  

Three people were arrested Tuesday at protests held outside a meeting of the Glendale Unified School District board, where pro-and anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrators faced off over how schools teach gender and sexuality. An attendee named Megan, who declined to share her last name for fear of retaliation and who said she had a child graduating from a GUSD school Wednesday, called …

California bill requiring schools to out transgender students to parents dies
1 year, 8 months ago

California bill requiring schools to out transgender students to parents dies

LA Times  

Assemblymember Bill Essayli in March. Assembly Bill 1314, introduced by Assemblymembers Bill Essayli and James Gallagher, would have required school districts to notify parents in writing within three days if a student “is identifying at school as a gender that does not align with the child’s sex on their birth certificate.” The bill sparked backlash from LGBTQ activists and organizations, …

Editorial: Bills intended to shame and scare transgender students are despicable
1 year, 9 months ago

Editorial: Bills intended to shame and scare transgender students are despicable

LA Times  

People hold signs during a joint board meeting of the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine on Nov. 4. Republican lawmakers across the nation have introduced more than 400 bills to restrict the rights of LGBTQ people in the current legislative cycle, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. One of them is Assembly Bill …

California bill would require schools to notify parents if their child is transgender
1 year, 9 months ago

California bill would require schools to notify parents if their child is transgender

LA Times  

Assemblymember Bill Essayli A new bill would force California school districts to notify parents that their child is gender-nonconforming or transgender, sparking backlash from LGBTQ activists and organizations. The bill, Assembly Bill 1314, would require school districts to notify parents in writing within three days after learning a student is identifying as a gender that doesn’t align with official records …

LGBTQ students wrestle with tensions at Christian colleges
2 years ago

LGBTQ students wrestle with tensions at Christian colleges

Associated Press  

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — As monks chanted evening prayers in the dimly lit Saint John’s University church, members of the student LGBTQ organization, QPLUS, were meeting in a dedicated, Pride flag-lined lounge at the institution’s sister Benedictine college, a few miles away across Minnesota farmland. “Today’s college freshman was born in 2004, the year Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage,” Hawthorne said, suggesting …

10 anti-LGBTQ+ bills impacting students go into effect across six states
2 years, 5 months ago

10 anti-LGBTQ+ bills impacting students go into effect across six states

Raw Story  

Ten anti-LGBTQ+ bills largely focused on sports and education restrictions are going into effect today across six states — Alabama, Florida, Indiana, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah. Sam Ames, director of advocacy and government affairs at LGBTQ+ suicide prevention organization the Trevor Project, is particularly worried about Alabama’s bathroom bill, which includes an amendment seemingly styled after Florida’s “Don’t Say …

What California law requires in teaching about LGBTQ people in public schools
2 years, 7 months ago

What California law requires in teaching about LGBTQ people in public schools

LA Times  

The exterior of Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Glendale, where a third-grade teacher was removed from her teaching position after facing threats for showing a gay pride video. California law requires students learn and be provided instructional materials that explain the “role and contributions” of among others, “lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans.” How this is accomplished is left to …

LGBTQ Students Are Being Terrorized. Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' Law Will Make It Worse.
2 years, 8 months ago

LGBTQ Students Are Being Terrorized. Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' Law Will Make It Worse.

Huff Post  

Will doesn’t know where they would be today if they didn’t have LGBTQ-affirming teachers to support them. Equality Florida’s executive director, Nadine Smith, confirmed to HuffPost that the group is in the process of creating a “defense fund” for schools that may face scrutiny for continuing to support LGBTQ students. Chosen Home Despite the overwhelming challenges they face in the …

More than six in 10 Americans oppose ‘Don’t Say Gay’ measures prohibiting LGBT+ discussion in schools
2 years, 9 months ago

More than six in 10 Americans oppose ‘Don’t Say Gay’ measures prohibiting LGBT+ discussion in schools

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A majority of Americans oppose legislation restricting classroom discussion of …

Georgia Republicans introduce ‘don’t say gay’ bill following Florida legislation
2 years, 9 months ago

Georgia Republicans introduce ‘don’t say gay’ bill following Florida legislation

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Republican legislators in Georgia have introduced a measure to restrict …

Florida Republican withdraws ‘Don’t Say Gay’ amendment that would forcibly out students
2 years, 10 months ago

Florida Republican withdraws ‘Don’t Say Gay’ amendment that would forcibly out students

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Republican legislator in Florida has withdrawn an amendment to …

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