There is a tense standoff between sexual minority groups, who say that the rights of transgender minors in California must be guaranteed, and parental rights, which require parents to know in advance about their children’s gender transition plans. The conflict between parents and sexual minority groups began when sexual minority minors were involved. It started with students changing their gender and changing their gender titles. The Chino School District required parents to be notified immediately when students change their gender identity on campus, but the court blocked that measure.
As the debate continues over the rights of teenagers and their parents’ right to know, surrounding the gender identity issue of teenagers. A proposal to expand the right to know of sexual minority parents is being promoted. The gist of the child protection initiative, called the ‘Protect Kids of California Act’, is that schools must notify parents if a minor student wishes to change gender.
Additionally, male-to-female male-to-female youth athletes are banned from participating in female sports games, transgender students are banned from using restrooms of the gender they are transitioned into, and students who wish to transition from gender to child are prohibited from performing physical examinations without parental consent. They are protesting against it, saying it is an invasion of students’ privacy. They pointed out that in many cases, sexual minority students want to hide the fact that they are sexual minorities even from their families, but parents’ right to know forces sexual minority students to come out.
The Korean community in Southern California is actively campaigning for signatures for a child protection bill, saying that the right to know of sexual minority parents must be protected, and the Korean missionary group TEXT is taking the lead. Sara Kim, CEO of the group Text, said that currently in California, children under the age of 18 are It is possible for adolescents to change their gender without parental consent, but it has too many side effects, and pointed out that California law needs to be changed.
In order to put a child protection initiative that guarantees parents’ right to know up for election, it is necessary to secure signatures from residents, and in a recent signature campaign, Although the response was low, many Koreans wishing to sign the child protection initiative to the election said there were many invalid votes and requested that they check the relevant information to avoid invalid votes. T
he deadline for the proposition to be included in the November election is May 5. It has been extended to the 28th of February. The Korean missionary group TEXT announced that it will continue to collect signatures at LA’s Hannam Chain and Zion Market for the next five weeks.