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Anti-LGBTQ curriculum laws are laws approved by various U.S. states that limit the discussion of sexuality and gender identity in public schools. [1]In theory, these laws mainly apply to sex ed courses, but they can also be applied to other parts of the school curriculum as well as to extracurricular activities such as sports and organizations such as gay–straight alliances. [2]
Wilkinsburg School District: This district’s nondiscrimination policy on transgender and gender expansive students bars teachers and other school staff from disclosing information about a young ...
Also in 2014, guidelines were issued by the U.S. Department of Education stating that transgender students are protected from sex-based discrimination under Title IX, and instructing public schools to treat transgender students consistent with their gender identity in single-sex classes, so that a student who identifies as a transgender boy is ...
According to Ross Wicks, director of LGBTQ+ Canadian non-profit Pflag, While more than 60% of Americans favor transgender rights in education and public employment, 41% support a ban on teaching about gender identity in elementary schools. [255]
More than 200 North Carolina public schools are exempt from a new federal rule meant to expand discrimination protections for transgender students.
The new law shields teachers from retaliation for supporting transgender students and prohibits school policies that require "forced disclosure" of youth gender decisions to their families.
In December 2022, sitting en banc, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that separating the use of male and female bathrooms in the public schools based on a student's biological sex doesn't violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.
Nov. 27—In what could be a blow to school board collegiality, Mesa Public Schools Governing Board member Rachel Walden is suing the district and Superintendent Andi Fourlis over MPS' transgender ...