Calif. Trans Student Law Survives Repeal Effort

[Jamie D]

Calif. Trans Student Law Survives Repeal Effort
A coalition of transphobic organizations came up more than 17,000 valid signatures short in an effort to put the Student Success and Opportunity Act up for a repeal in November

Advocate | Parker Marie Malloy

An attempt to repeal California's recently implemented transgender student law has been shot down after conservative organizations failed to turn in the necessary 504,760 valid signatures to qualify the issue for a referendum.

Proponents of the repeal, who had formed a coalition deceptively named Privacy for All Students, came up short, only collecting 487,760 valid signatures, leaving the repeal effort 17,276 short of the required 504,760 to qualify the issue to appear before voters in the November election.

As a result, California's Student Success and Opportunity Act will remain in force. The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of a student's gender identity and guarantees that trans students can participate in the gender-segregated sports and have access to facilities that correspond with their gender identity. The law, also known as Assembly Bill 1266, cleared the State Assembly by a vote of 46-25 and passed through the Senate by a vote of 21-9 before being signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in August of last year. The law went into effect January 1.

Full article at the link.

[Vicky]

This is not the end of this thing by a long shot, and now the hard work needs to be done to implement this with the school districts.  I have TG friends who are skeptical that there are enough safeguards to protect the rights of the cis-gender students involved in this as well as the TG students.  I think there is something to their reservations, but do not see it as the impending train wreck that they do, but I can see the crash of several golf carts being possible if the school districts do not follow similar guidelines, and ensure proper behavior of the faculty and administrators.  We do not want or need a repeat of the tragedy that took place in one school district northwest of me, where a TG questioning child was killed.  I hope we have better luck coming up with trained and educated educators who will exercise proper discipline of themselves.   

[MadeleineG]

I think there is something to their reservations, but do not see it as the impending train wreck that they do, but I can see the crash of several golf carts being possible if the school districts do not follow similar guidelines, and ensure proper behavior of the faculty and administrators. 

+1

Realization of this policy depends on school-based and division administration implementing proactively and selling it effectively to the teaching staff. If everyone is not on board, we're headed for the shoals. 

[Jamie D]

The law was written with the experience of two of the largest school districts in the State, of nearly a decade.

[Jill F]

You know you pass when... moment here. 

Someone tried to get ME to sign that petition.  I told them to kiss my transsexual ass.

[Vicky]

The law was written with the experience of two of the largest school districts in the State, of nearly a decade.

It is my dream that the experience and wisdom of these two districts is implemented in the other school districts, in which case some of my ill bodings will not materialize.  The school district one block over from me did not follow the existing policies of those districts, and at the time of AB 1266's passage and signing last summer was under a Federal order to implement many similar programs to what existed in L.A. and S.F.  I have met the child and parents involved in that one.  There will be balky school boards and school administrators who could pattern their districts on the big two, but will want their own spices in the stew and a showing of autonomy.  Work to be done for sure. 

[Jennygirl]

You know you pass when... moment here. 

Someone tried to get ME to sign that petition.  I told them to kiss my transsexual ass.

Ahahah the irony. I love it

[Eva Marie]

Jill is right. I believe one of the districts was the Los Angeles school district who has had most of that bill already in their rules and those rules have been in place for quite a while with no incidents whatsoever. I think that San Francisco is another district with the same rules and the same experience.

The people that gathered these signatures and were behind the attempt were dishonest and evil, using all manner of deceit about what their real purpose was. This tells you that their ultimate goal was bigger than just this one issue.

And there was one notable, well known TERF involved with the appeal attempt behind the scenes. I have no doubt that she will soon be back to try something else.

This is proven, solid policy that is already in effect and has not caused issues. I'm glad that California made it into law, and to heck with the haters.

[MadeleineG]

I keep misreading the title of this thread. It's a good example of a garden path sentence.