Court Rejects Challenge to School’s Preferred Pronoun Policy

A California parent failed in her second attempt to convince a federal district court that she has a fundamental right to consent before her child is referred to by their preferred name and pronouns at school.

“No such right exists” under the US Constitution for Aurora Regino to compel Chico Unified School District to disclose her child’s use of a name and pronoun differing from their sex at birth, the US District Court for the Eastern District California said in a Thursday opinion dismissing Regino’s claims.

The policy prohibits Chico School District personnel from ...