Parental Rights Group Releases List of Over 1,000 School Districts Hiding Students’ Gender Identity

Activist groups that push such policies in schools characterize families as inherently unsafe, threatening parents’ rights over their children.

Supporters of a school district policy to notify parents when their child wishes to identify as transgender pose for a photo at an Orange Unified School Board meeting in Orange, Calif., on Sept. 7, 2023. Mei Lee/The Epoch Times

More than 1,000 school districts across the United States support policies that keep parents in the dark when it comes to their children’s transgender identification, according to parental rights group Parents Defending Education (PDE).

On Sept. 11, PDE updated its list of school districts that have implemented policies regarding students who believe they are transgender. The policies recommend that institutions’ district personnel should keep a student’s transgender status hidden from parents.