Educationlgbtq Rights News

Transgender student rights gain momentum with new state laws.

Republican-controlled states are passing laws that restrict transgender students in the name of parental rights or protecting other students. Indiana has signed a law requiring schools to notify parents when their student asks to be called a different name or uses pronouns that correspond with their gender, not their sex. Florida lawmakers have given final passage to a bill that would prevent students and teachers from being required to use pronouns that don’t correspond to someone’s sex. At least nine states have adopted laws to keep transgender students out of bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identities, and laws adopted in at least 21 states would keep transgender girls and women from playing on girls and women’s sports teams.