Governor Gavin Newsom of California signed a bill into law in 2024 ordering employees not to tell parents whether their child is suffering from “gender” confusion, which went into effect on January 1, 2025, and overturns existing parental notification policies.
Liberty Counsel (LC) reported on Monday that a federal court issued a preliminary injunction against the law, pending appeal. From LC (emphasis added):
In City of Huntington Beach v. Newsom, the three-judge panel unanimously but narrowly ruled to block the law only for the parents who brought the lawsuit and for any “objecting parents” who desire to be informed of such information.
LC noted that a three-judge panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against these concerned parents but changed their minds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mirabelli v. Bonta that a school policy requiring teachers to keep secrets from parents about their children’s “gender identity” is unconstitutional.
This is not the first lawsuit concerned parents have filed against the state over the atrocious secrecy law. Parents also sued the Chino Valley Unified School District. A court upheld the school district’s original parental-notification policy.
“The Ninth Circuit’s ruling affirms the state has no business keeping secrets from parents,” said Mat Staver, LC founder and chairman. “Gender secrecy policies put teachers and parents at odds when they should be united toward a child’s well-being. Moreover, parents have the right to direct the upbringing of their children. All parental exclusion policies should be eliminated nationwide.”
