California's legislature has taken major steps to institutionalize hiding child transgender identity from parents in a slate of bills headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D-CA) desk.
One or both houses of the Golden State legislature have overwhelmingly passed five separate bills aimed at both hiding childhood proclamations of transgender identity from parents and punishing them for not"affirming" the child through social and medical interventions.
"Parents affirm their children. Typically it happens when their gender identity matches their biological gender," state Rep. Lori Wilson said."But when it doesn't, the affirmation starts to wane. ... Our duty as parents is to affirm our children." Because children"express significant trepidation about needing to disclose to parents their mental health concerns and their need to access services," the measure states, the bill allows doctors to make a determination that a child can seek transition regardless of a parent's wishes.
The medical intervention model of"gender-affirming care," which these bills go a long way in codifying a right to for otherwise nonconsenting minors, has come under heavy scrutiny in most of the Western world for its lack of scientific basis, experimental nature, and danger to the patients.
It is unclear what teachers or school districts might do with the information after a parent has been identified. While some parents have attempted to limit children's access to these books for illustrated depictions of oral sex and pedophilia, California's AB-1078 would ensure childhood access to such materials in schools.
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