The Daily Beast reports that proposals in Ohio and Delaware that effectively work to out transgender students to their parents place student privacy and mental health in jeopardy. In Ohio, a bill was introduced to require any government agent or entity to notify a child’s parents if that child shows “symptoms of gender dysphoria or otherwise demonstrates a desire to be treated in a manner opposite of the child’s biological sex.” In Delaware, the state Department of Education added proposed language that would require parental permission before processing a request to “recognize a change in any Protected Characteristic.”
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