Parents Have Right to Know Students’ Gender Identity, Judge Says

A parent’s right to know about their child’s gender expression ultimately outweighs the child’s right to keep that expression private, a California federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

Judge Roger T. Benitez denied a motion to dismiss from the California State Board of Education and a San Diego school district, which face a lawsuit over a state policy preventing teachers from disclosing a child’s gender identity to their parents without consent.

There are no US Supreme Court or Ninth Circuit decisions “that would compel this Court to limit or infringe parental rights, notwithstanding the State’s laudable goals of protecting children,” Benitez ...