Ballot measure: California's Transgender Students Face New Threat

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California's Transgender Students Face New Threat

By Suzi Parker | Takepart.com

Transgender public school kids in California may be facing more adversity before they see their right to use bathrooms and locker rooms and participate in sports based on the gender they identify with. Although California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the School Success and Opportunity Act in August to support these rights, an opponent group just last week turned in 614,311 petition signatures to try to stop the act from becoming law on Jan. 1.

However, county registrars must verify at least 555,236 signatures for the issue to qualify for a statewide referendum in the 2014 midterm election year.

"Because often times many signatures are invalidated for various reasons, it is unknown whether the referendum will qualify," Support all Students Coalition, the group supporting the School Success and Opportunity Act, said in a release. "We are not surprised that the opposition was not able to acquire a comfortable margin to repeal a law that simply makes sure all students know they can have a fair chance to succeed at school. We are confident fair-minded Californians will see through any attempts to cause confusion about this."

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