{"id":2010314,"date":"2023-08-24T01:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T05:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parental-rights-coalition-opponents-clash-in-los-angeles-over-secret-gender-transitions\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T01:47:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T05:47:15","slug":"parental-rights-coalition-opponents-clash-in-los-angeles-over-secret-gender-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parental-rights-coalition-opponents-clash-in-los-angeles-over-secret-gender-transitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Parental Rights Coalition and Opponents Clash in LA Over Hidden Gender Transitions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparental-rights-coalition-opponents-clash-in-los-angeles-over-secret-gender-transitions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Parental Rights Advocates March Against Secret Gender Transitions in\u200d California Schools<\/h2>\n<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014Around 200 passionate parental rights demonstrators took to\u200d the streets of downtown Los Angeles on August 22, 2023,\u200d to protest the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-urge-department-of-education-to-stop-secret-gender-transitions-for-students-after-12-year-olds-suicide-attempt\/\" title=\"Republicans Urge Department Of Education To Stop Secret Gender Transitions For Students After 12-Year-Old\u2019s Suicide Attempt\">secret gender transitions<\/a> happening in California public schools. The march, known as Leave Our Kids Alone, was organized by several groups including SoCal Parent Advocates, Dad Army, and Mom Army, who strongly oppose the &#8220;indoctrination,&#8221; &#8220;sexualization,&#8221;\u2062 and &#8220;grooming&#8221; of children in\u2064 schools.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition is advocating \u200bfor parental notification policies that would require school staff \u200bto inform\u200c parents if their children identify as transgender or express\u2063 a gender different from the sex listed on their birth certificate.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/parental-rights-groups-accuse-state-of-sexualizing-children-5475944\">Parental Rights Groups\u2063 Accuse \u2064State of \u2018Sexualizing\u2019 Children<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/18\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/more-california-school-districts-decide-to-inform-parents-of-childs-gender-status-5479651\">More California \u200cSchool Districts Decide to\u2063 Inform \u2062Parents of Child\u2019s Gender Status<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The demonstrators gathered\u2064 outside Los Angeles City Hall and marched to Los\u2062 Angeles Unified \u2062School\u200b District headquarters, where some even sat in the intersection. Counter-protesters waving Pride flags and claiming to \u200bsupport LGBT youth met \u2063them there, leading to \u200ca tense \u200cstandoff \u200bwith the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parental-rights-coalition-opponents-clash-in-los-angeles-over-secret-gender-transitions\/\" title=\"Parental Rights Coalition and Opponents Clash in LA Over Hidden Gender Transitions.\">police forming skirmish lines<\/a> to keep the groups separated.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the police declaring the protest an unlawful assembly and\u2063 shutting \u2064it down, both groups remained in the area for several hours before dispersing.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>About 200 parental\u200c rights demonstrators marched through downtown Los\u200b Angeles to protest secret gender \u2064transitions in California\u200c public schools on Aug. \u206422, 2023. \u200c(Courtesy of Hasmik Bezirdshyan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Parental Pushback<\/h2>\n<p>In recent weeks, parental rights advocacy\u2064 groups have been pushing back against legislation promoting non-notification to parents\u200c and guardians \u2062and what they call &#8220;gender-affirming care.&#8221; California State Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Riverside) introduced Assembly Bill 1314 in February, which aimed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-parent-groups-fighting-against-critical-race-theory-in-schools\/\" title=\"4 Parent Groups Fighting Against Critical Race Theory In Schools\">require school districts<\/a> to notify \u2063parents within three \u2063days if their child changes\u200b their gender\u200d identity at school.\u200b However, the bill was killed before it could be heard in committee.<\/p>\n<p>Chino Valley Unified \u200bSchool District became the first in the state to approve a policy similar\u200d to AB 1314, \u2063requiring school staff to\u2062 inform \u2062parents if their \u200bchild identifies as a gender other than their biological sex. Since then, three other districts\u2014Murrieta Valley Unified, Temecula Valley\u200d Unified, and Anderson Union High School District\u2014have\u2064 followed suit, with Orange Unified set to decide in September.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Sonja Shaw, president of Chino Valley Unified, speaks at a \u2062press conference outside the California \u200cstate \u2064Capitol in Sacramento\u200c on Aug. 14, 2023. (Courtesy of \u200dCalifornia Family Council)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Opponents argue that parental notification policies can put LGBT students at risk if their families are unsupportive of their chosen \u2063gender identity. However, \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-academy-of-pediatrics-now-suggesting-parental-rights-advocates-want-to-roll-back-child-abuse-protections\/\" title=\"American Academy of Pediatrics Now Suggesting Parental Rights Advocates Want to Roll Back Child Abuse Protections\">parental rights advocates<\/a> believe that these policies are necessary to protect their rights and prevent what\u2063 they see as a harmful ideology being \u2064promoted \u200cto their children without \u2063their \u200bknowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Parental rights advocate Ben\u200d Richards, who \u2063founded SoCal\u200d Parent\u200c Advocates, emphasized the unity and love within\u2063 the movement. He stated, \u200c&#8221;We believe that we need to have this law in place to\u200c protect our parental \u200drights\u200d because we see a \u2062radical gender ideology in the public schools being celebrated to our children behind our backs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A parent who goes by the \u2062pseudonym Ben Richards for fear of retaliation speaks at a rally attended by about \u200d200 parental rights advocates \u2064in downtown Los \u200bAngeles to\u200d protest secret gender\u200d transitions in California public schools on Aug. 22, 2023. (Courtesy of\u200d Hasmik Bezirdshyan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lusine Karikosyan, a \u200cparent with children\u200b in the Los Angeles Unified School District, expressed frustration with \u200bthe lack of support from the school board. She mentioned a \u200drecent\u2063 incident where parents protested a Pride assembly at Saticoy Elementary\u2062 School, but the school \u2063board sided with counter-protesters wearing\u200b Antifa face masks. Karikosyan believes that parental rights are being misconstrued as hateful and that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-blm-vandalize-ice-building-burn-original-starbucks\/\" title=\"Antifa, BLM vandalize ICE building, burn original Starbucks\">left-wing groups<\/a>\u2063 are targeting and attacking parents who advocate for their rights.<\/p>\n<p>Parental\u2064 rights advocates are determined to \u200dcontinue their fight for parental notification policies and plan to\u200d support \u200blike-minded candidates in\u2062 the upcoming 2024\u200b elections.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>About 200 parental rights demonstrators marched through downtown Los Angeles to protest secret gender transitions in California public schools on \u2062Aug. 22, \u200d2023. (Courtesy \u200cof Hasmik Bezirdshyan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014Around 200 protesters rallied in downtown LA on Aug. 22, opposing undisclosed gender transitions in California public schools. The demonstration, named Leave Our Kids Alone, was led by SoCal Parent Advocates, Dad Army, and Mom Army. They aim to combat &#8220;indoctrination,&#8221; &#8220;sexualization,&#8221; and &#8220;grooming&#8221; of children, advocating for parental notification policies in schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":2010315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}