State-level and district guidance advise schools not to disclose to parents if students are transgender without the student's consent, citing safety concerns. A lawsuit by two Rincon Middle school teachers argues parents deserve to know.
The new youth center is more than twice the size of its predecessor and will house even more services and resources for young LGBTQ San Diegans.
“ are required to, with rare exceptions, respect the limitations that a student places on the disclosure of the student’s transgender status and consider the student’s privacy rights and safety associated with this information, including not sharing that information with the student’s parents except with the student’s authorization,” its guidance says.
“The Escondido Union School District is committed to providing a safe and positive environment that enables our students to learn and actualize their unlimited potential and that empowers our teachers to excel as educators,” superintendent Luis Rankins-Ibarra said in a statement Friday. “As part of that commitment to student learning, the district observes all federal and state laws.
The lawsuit argues that by using students’ preferred names and pronouns, school staff are reinforcing what they call “the whims of gender-confused children — while denying parents any say.”
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