Supporters of the measure said that schools were infringing on 'parental rights' by supporting students' gender identity.
A measure that would have required schools to notify parents about their child's gender identity and limited transgender youth medical care has failed to get enough signatures in support to qualify for the November ballot, proponents said Tuesday. The proposal sought to notify parents if their child changes their name or pronouns at school or requests to use facilities or play sports that don’t match their gender on official records.
protections in the nation. The campaign raised $200,000, according to Zachreson, a paltry number in a state where some past ballot measure campaigns have collected hundreds of millions of dollars. Supporters of the measure sought to bring Republican-backed debates over 'parental rights' playing out on school boards in conservative pockets of California to the statewide level.
advocacy groups have warned that 'parental rights' debates over gender identity are harmful to youth who already face high rates of suicide. “Across the country and here in California, young people are under attack from extremist politicians and school boards seeking to ban books, terrorize teachers and make transgender youth afraid to be themselves at school,' Equality California Executive Director Tony Hoang said in a statement.
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