California Democrats, and the LGBT activists among them, are stepping up a long-standing campaign to drive a wedge between parents and children.
Alvin Louie, president of the parent advocacy group Courage Is a Habit, told The Blaze News that the state has long discouraged parents from informing them about their child’s signs of gender dysphoria or gender transition efforts in schools, but in recent months some school districts have bucked the trend of secrecy and gender transition in schools and instead informed parents.
For example, under the leadership of Sonia Shaw, the Chino Valley Unified School District was the first in the state to
policy A law came into force last year that requires school officials to inform parents if their child requests to use the opposite-sex bathroom or if a confused child requests to use a name or pronouns that don’t match reality or official documents.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta
Legal action was taken On Aug. 28, 2023, a lawsuit was filed against Shaw’s school district, alleging it violated privacy laws regarding students who cross-dress, and in October, a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge blocked the district from enforcing some of the related policies until the lawsuit was resolved.
On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) went a step further.
1955 Congressional BillIt prohibits school districts like CVUSD from being that transparent.
Louis, who moved his family from California after seeing similar radical policies transforming the state, noted that “AB 1955 was passed only in response to the turnover of several school boards as parents woke up, and to discourage good teachers and counselors who still respected parental rights.”
This law was first introduced by Gay.
Councillor Christopher Ward (D) This legislation, promoted by the California LGBTQ Legislative Caucus, would prohibit school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and state special education institutions from adopting or enforcing rules, regulations, or policies that would require employees to disclose to parents “any information related to a student’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.”
“Children must be the property of the state at all times.”
Conversely
Spin from Newsom’s officeIn California, educators in all school districts must effectively withhold information from parents about their child’s sexual confusion or gender dysphoria unless the mentally disabled minor agrees to explain the situation. In the meantime, school officials can connect the child with counselors and activist resources who might be in favor of gender transition.
AB 1955, which Elon Musk has cited as a reason for moving two of his major companies out of state, also exempts employees from penalties if they try to hide their children’s confusion from their parents.
Courage is a habit
Ward this week affirmed Louis’ characterization of the legislation, suggesting it would force compliance with school districts that have sought to inform parents about what is happening with their children at school.
“Politically motivated attacks on the rights, safety and dignity of transgender, non-binary and other LGBTQ+ young people are on the rise across the country, including in California,” Ward said.
Said “While some school districts have adopted policies that force students to come out, the SAFETY Act ensures that discussions about gender identity remain private, within families,” the statement said.
“This is communism,” Louis said. “There is zero dissent. Children belong to the state, whatever the cost.”
Louis isn’t the only one who sees the threat AB 1955 poses.
Journalist Michael Shellenberger, whose think tank Environmental Progress published the WPATH files, said: I got it. On Tuesday, he criticized the Democrats’ new law, saying it “puts children at risk of irreversible, lifelong medical abuse and neglect, and it’s all based on the pseudoscientific idea that some children are born into the wrong bodies and that drugs and surgery can change a person’s sex.”
In pushing through AB 1955, Democrats clearly chose to ignore the growing evidence that so-called “gender-affirming care” is not as advertised.
In 2020, England’s National Health Service appointed Dr Hilary Cass to lead an independent review into the UK’s gender reassignment system and youth services. After several years of exhaustive research, Dr Cass, a renowned British physician and former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, found that so-called gender science is in fact rooted in pseudoscience.
Blaze News previously reported that among the Cass inquiry’s many damning revelations about the gender reassignment system was the conclusion that there was “no clear evidence that social transition in early childhood has any positive or negative effect on mental health, and the evidence that it has any effect on adolescence is relatively weak.”
While the kind of “social transition” that Newsom and the California Democrats are trying to hide from parents apparently had no noticeable effect on mental health, the Cass study also found that children so educated were far more likely to undergo gender reassignment medical intervention at a later stage.
Contrary to a major claim made by transgender activists, these medical interventions do not reduce the risk of suicide: A peer-reviewed study published in February in the journal BMJ Mental Health found that “medical sex reassignment surgery has no effect on suicide risk.”
The Cass review highlighted that the evidence supporting “gender-affirming care” was “weak” and unreliable, and also noted that clinicians “cannot determine with certainty which children and young people will develop a permanent transgender identity”.
Susan Eggman, chair of the California LGBTQ Caucus, called AB 1955 “life-saving legislation,” apparently ignoring the scientific findings presented in the Cass report and BMJ Mental Health.
“Safe and supportive schools for all children should be our top priority, and at the end of the day, this bill will ensure that our K-12 campuses remain safe and affirming places for young people, regardless of what identity they identify as,” Eggman said.
Those who recognize the impact of so-called “gender-affirming care” and support parental rights don’t believe what Eggman and other California Democrats are selling.
“Moms and dads have a constitutional and sacred duty to guide and protect their children.”
Shellenberger
stress X states, “What Gavin Newsom has done is actively prevent schools from telling parents that their children are receiving medical treatment.”
“This is an outrageous attack on children’s and parents’ rights. Children have the right to begin puberty; no adult has the right to prevent a child from beginning puberty; and parents have the right to know whether their child thinks they are the opposite sex or was born into the wrong body,” Shellenberger continued. “This new law creates a significant risk that activist teachers, students, and outside groups will trick children into believing they were born into the wrong body and hide their children’s ‘social transition’ from parents, leading to harmful medical abuse.”
Jonathan Keller, president of the Family Council of California, said:
Condemned AB 1955 points out that “mothers and fathers have a constitutional and sacred duty to guide and protect their children, and AB 1955 flagrantly violates this sacred trust.”
California Assemblyman Bill Essari (R) unsuccessfully tried to push a bill that would have required schools to notify parents.
Said “Today, Governor Gavin Newsom ignored parents’ constitutional and God-given right to raise their children by signing AB 1955, codifying the government’s power to keep secrets from parents,” the statement said.
Essari called ratifying the bill “immoral and unconstitutional” and vowed to fight it in court.
Already, Liberty Justice Center submitted The lawsuit challenges AB 1955 on behalf of the Chino Valley Unified School District and several California parents who send their children to the district.
The Blaze News previously reported that Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) and 15 other attorneys general recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of their states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case about schools’ covert efforts to turn kids into sexually confused cross-dressers without the knowledge of their parents.
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Parents Protecting Their Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School District If this case makes it to the Supreme Court and the plaintiffs prevail, it will very likely result in the repeal of AB 1955 and similar laws across the country.
Human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali also denounced AB 1955. write“This is truly horrible news for children and a major reason for many Americans to not only flee California but also the Democratic Party. This madness and mass child abuse really needs to stop.”
Louis stressed that while children in California are now at greater risk, especially in districts that once resisted the gender-reversal administration’s favorable policies, the problem is not unique to California.
“Parents need to understand that public K-12 schools are already hiding transgender secrets from parents in all 50 states.
School Counselors and the “Mental Health” Trojan Horse“This isn’t just a California or New York thing. You can’t escape it if you move to another state. That’s the misconception that gives parents a false sense of security,” Louis said.
“Obviously I advocate for all Americans to get out of California, but no matter what state you move to, you have to fight for your kids, you have to protect your kids,” Louis added.
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