‘Potentially Devastating’: Parents Sue Gavin Newsom Over New Law Allowing Schools To Secretly Transition Kids’ Genders

California is facing a lawsuit over a new law that bars schools from requiring parents to be notified of their children’s gender dysphoria.

Liberty Justice Center filed the lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of Chino Valley Unified School District and several concerned parents of California public school children challenging California Assembly Bill 1955, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Monday. The law immediately faced opposition from parents and lawmakers who feared that the bill trampled parents’ rights and would be harmful to children.

Several California schools had implemented policies that required school officials to notify parents if their child requested to change their pronouns or gender throughout 2023, which faced legal challenges and ultimately prompted the new law.

“PK-12 minor students, most of whom are too young to drive, vote, or provide medical consent for themselves, are also too young to make life-altering decisions about their expressed gender identity without their parents’ knowledge. But that is precisely what AB 1955 enables—with potentially devastating consequences for children too young to fully comprehend them,” Emily Rae, senior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, said in a statement.

“School officials do not have the right to keep secrets from parents, but parents do have a constitutional right to know what their minor children are doing at school. Parents are the legal guardians of their children, not Governor Newsom, Attorney General Bonta, or Superintendent Thurmond. We will continue to defend parents’ rights and children’s well-being by challenging invasive laws like AB 1955 in court, at no cost to taxpayers,” Rae continued.