{"id":5590,"date":"2026-01-16T23:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:18:22","slug":"california-cant-bar-teachers-from-telling-parents-about-students-gender-identity-at-school-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/16\/california-cant-bar-teachers-from-telling-parents-about-students-gender-identity-at-school-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"California can\u2019t bar teachers from telling parents about student\u2019s gender identity at school, judge rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A federal judge in California ruled that the state cannot prevent teachers from informing parents if their child identifies as a different gender at school. Judge Roger Benitez stated that barring such disclosures violates parents&#8217; due process and religious rights, as well as the First Amendment rights of teachers. The ruling blocks the enforcement of policies that would require staff to keep a student&#8217;s gender identity confidential from their parents. While proponents hailed the decision as a victory for parental rights and religious freedom, critics and the ACLU argued it would undermine student privacy and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: January 5, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/california-ruling-teacher-parents-gender-sexuality-b2895014.html\">independent.co<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in California ruled that the state cannot prevent teachers from informing parents if their child identifies as a different gender at school. Judge Roger Benitez stated that barring such disclosures violates parents&#8217; due process and religious rights, as well as the First Amendment rights of teachers. The ruling blocks the enforcement of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":5608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender-equality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5590"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5689,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5590\/revisions\/5689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}