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The US supreme court has decided to block a series of California laws
that can limit the sharing of information with parents about the gender
identity of transgender students in public ?schools. This ruling marks a
victory for parents who challenged these protections on religious and
due process grounds. 

The emergency request was granted on Monday and the decision was made
along party lines, with the three liberal justices dissenting. 

California law contains several provisions, including the right to
privacy under the state constitution, that the state has said could
apply when transgender students object to having their gender identities
disclosed to their parents or guardians, sometimes out of fear of
hostility, rejection or even violence. 

This ruling caps off more than two years of legal battles in state and
federal courts. 

In 2023, two southern California teachers sued the Escondido union
school district in the southern California’s US district court arguing:
“A parent’s right to make decisions concerning the care, custody,
control, and medical care of their children is one of the oldest of the
fundamental liberty interests that Americans enjoy,” and that right
being violated with respect to a student’s gender identity can lead to
severe emotional and physical harm, the lawsuit reads. 

Two ?devoutly Catholic married couples later joined the suit, alleging
that their children expressed themselves as transgender boys at school
without the knowledge or consent of their parents, violating their
religious rights and their right as parents under the 14th amendment’s
due process provision to direct ?the care of their children. 

US district judge Roger Benitez in December ruled in favor of the
plaintiffs and ?issued an order blocking ?these measures. The ninth US
circuit court of appeals put Benitez’s ruling on hold on 5 January,
citing multiple errors in the judge’s analysis. 

The supreme court’s ruling has now done away with the appeals court’s
ruling. 

The supreme court is also due to rule on another case that focuses on
young trans people. On 13 January, the high court heard oral arguments
in a case involving Lindsay Hecox, a college student in Idaho, and Becky
Pepper-Jackson, a 15-year-old high school student. The pair sued over
Republican-supported laws in West Virginia and Idaho that barred them
from girls sports. A majority of the justices appeared poised to uphold
the ban, which could carry profound implications for trans rights across
US society. 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/us-supreme-court-californ
ia-trans-students-privacy-law 

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