Forcibly outing transgender students violates their state constitutional right to privacy
Overview The Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education recently adopted a policy requiring school officials to notify parents if a student requests to use a different name or pronoun than is on their birth certificate — drawing California into the national battle over transgender rights in education.[1] California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the district, arguing that the policy violates California’s constitutional right to privacy.[2] He’s right. Transgender students meet the threshold requirements of a California constitutional privacy claim because they hold specific and legally protected privacy interests, a reasonable expectation of privacy in light of “widely accepted...
