"Missouri State Sen. Joe Nicola (R) introduced a bill that would ban "social transition" in schools and forcibly out any transgender and nonbinary students to their potentially unsupportive parents if the students ask a school staff member to address them by a name or gender identity different from the sex assigned to them at birth. The bill would also allow teachers to be fired and banned from teaching,"
"S.B. 1085, one of 21 anti-LGBTQ+ bills recently introduced by Missouri State Republicans, requires school staff members to inform the principal or a designee within 24 hours if any student asks them to "participate in or support" their social transition by having them address them by a name or gender identity that differs from those they were assigned at birth. The principal or designee would then have 72 hours to inform the student's parents."
"The bill would forbid school staffers and counselors from affirming a student's trans or nonbinary gender identity or teaching about such identities. School districts would also be forced to fire teachers who violate the law and begin proceedings to revoke those teachers' teaching licenses. Parents and the state attorney general may also pursue a civil lawsuit against any school or school district that violates the law."
S.B. 1085 would ban social transitioning in Missouri schools and require staff to report any student request to be addressed by a name or gender identity different from their sex assigned at birth. School staff must notify a principal or designee within 24 hours, and the principal then must inform parents within 72 hours. The bill forbids staff and counselors from affirming trans or nonbinary identities or teaching about such identities. Schools would face civil lawsuits, and teachers could be fired and face license-revocation proceedings for violations. The bill contains no parent-exception. Studies show social transitioning improves trans children's health and well-being.
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