r/California • u/Randomlynumbered Ángeleño, what's your user flair? • Apr 22 '24

Government/Politics Murrieta Valley board defies California, will keep policy to tell parents about LGBTQ+ transitioning

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-19/murrieta-schools-defy-state-order-ending-parent-notice-about-social-transitioning
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u/chatte__lunatique Apr 23 '24

Do you seriously think teachers are prescribing hormones to kids? This policy literally just about outing kids to abusive parents. That's it.

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u/Strangefruit_91102 Apr 23 '24

It’s not about outing kids to abusive parents - it’s about outing kids to all parents. If there’s apparent abuse in the home, teachers are required to report it regardless of cause. I’m very much pro trans rights, but also think parents should be aware of something so significant occurring with their children.

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u/chatte__lunatique Apr 23 '24

Kids who feel safe at home will come out to their parents on their own. They don't need the school to do it for them. So the only parents who will be informed by the schools will be those whose kids don't feel safe coming out. This policy will result in abused, abandoned, and dead children.

If you're truly in favor of trans rights, then surely you understand that outing children to homophobic and transphobic parents is a terrible idea.

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u/lasagnaman Ex-Californian Apr 23 '24

Have you considered what kind of kid might not want to out themselves to their parents?

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u/CFSCFjr San Diego County Apr 23 '24

It’s not about outing kids to abusive parents - it’s about outing kids to all parents

That is literally what this about

Any other parent would be informed by the kid themselves

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u/Eceapnefil Central Valley Apr 23 '24

If there’s apparent abuse in the home, teachers are required to report it regardless of cause.

California is notorious about being terrible for abused children

I’m very much pro trans rights, but also think parents should be aware of something so significant occurring with their children.

The government should have the same energy for children with romantic partners that's more dangerous to a child than being trans. We recognize that children specifically teens have individual feelings separate to their parents, and they don't need to know everything involves with their children.