To the editor: The state of California has been trying to guard younger transgender public college college students by stopping college workers from notifying dad and mom about these college students’ gender expression (“California law that forbids ‘forced outing’ of trans students blocked by 9th Circuit,” June 22). How tragic that this safety could also be blocked.
Let me watch out to state that I notice transgender folks and homosexual persons are not the identical.
We keep in mind that just a few a long time in the past, many homosexual folks protected themselves by remaining closeted, at occasions lengthy into maturity. Most dad and mom would have been shocked, even horrified to study that their kids have been homosexual.
Fortunately these days, many and even most homosexual younger persons are way more snug with their id. I want lets say the identical for transgender folks.
A lot of the present situation focuses on “parental rights.” How about teenagers’ rights? How about respect for who they’re? For his or her identities, their fears, their hopes, their discomfort and their decisions?
The relationships between transgender teenagers and their dad and mom differ tremendously. If college authorities notified dad and mom that their kids have been transgender, some dad and mom would yell, disgrace them and presumably kick them out of the home. Different dad and mom can be understanding and type. Transgender college students are keenly conscious of the sorts of relationships they’ve with their dad and mom; let the teenagers resolve when and the way or whether or not to inform their dad and mom.
As for college authorities, prepare each considered one of them, whether or not janitor or principal, in tips on how to hear with kindness and openness, and tips on how to be supportive when a transgender pupil confides in them.
Rebecca Rona-Tuttle, Culver Metropolis
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To the editor: This text begins with the next wording: “California’s effort to protect the choices of transgender college students in public colleges from the eyes of prying dad and mom stays on maintain.” The pejorative use of the phrase “prying” to explain the pursuits of fine dad and mom is telling. Being energetic and attentive are optimistic qualities in dad and mom that mildew well-adjusted kids.
Martin Callahan, Capo Seaside
