Indiana House Republicans advanced a bill Thursday that would require public school teachers to tell parents about students' social transitions and pronoun changes - a bill that some worry would erode student-teacher trust and force children to come...
Republicans - who say the bill expands parents’ ability to decide how their children are raised - pushed ahead with the bill while all Democrats voted against it.
The 65-29 vote came one day after a state Senate public health committee approved a ban on all gender-affirming transition treatments for those under 18 - an entry in a national movement across conservatives statehouses that have introduced measures against LGBTQ individuals, from bills targeting trans athletes and drag performers to ones limiting gender-affirming care.
“My most powerful tool is my relationship with my students,” said Democrat Rep. Tonya Pfaff, a math teacher in the state. “If I refuse to call the student a name that they choose - that their parents agree with, because they told me writing - according to this bill, I can still refuse to use that. What kind of message does that send?”
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