The Southern California city of Huntington Beach on Tuesday approved a Parents’ Right to Know ordinance, which prohibits educators who work throughout the city from keeping information about minor children hidden from their parents.
The ordinance sets the city up to legally challenge Assembly Bill 1955, which Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in July. Newsom’s bill makes California the first state in the nation to ban school districts from alerting parents of their children’s sexuality or if they have adopted gender identities that conflict with those on their school records.
The Huntington Beach City Council does not have direct authority over school districts, but the ordinance states that educators entrusted with the teaching or caring of children, who work in the city’s libraries, parks, recreational facilities, community services facilities or other facilities will not be allowed to withhold information from parents related to a child’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
“It sends a signal to our community in Huntington Beach of 200,000 residents that we are a ‘Parents’ Right to Know’ city, and that educators should not interfere in the parent-child relationship,” city attorney Michael Gates told The Daily Signal.
According to the ordinance, “Numerous studies assert that transgender and gender nonconforming students suffer from increased psychological, emotional and physical harassment and abuse, and that transgender youth experience an abnormally high number of suicidal thoughts and make an abnormally high number of suicide attempts.” […]
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