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Students Hold Walk-Out Protest Over California School Bathroom Policy

California law allows transgender students to use girls’ restrooms. Opponents said the U.S. government should start pulling federal funding based on Title IX.
Students Hold Walk-Out Protest Over California School Bathroom Policy
Eddie Ledesma, the brother of Lesley Ledesma (background wearing pink), speaks out against trans-identified males allowed to use the girls’ bathrooms at Esperanza High School, in Anaheim, Calif., on Oct. 1, 2025. Courtesy California Family Council
Brad Jones
Brad Jones
10/2/2025|Updated: 10/7/2025
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About 60 students walked out of morning classes on Oct. 1 to protest their high school’s policy allowing male students who identify as transgender to use girls’ bathrooms, in Anaheim, California.

Joining the students at a news conference at Esperanza High School, opponents of state polices allowing transgender-identifying males to compete in girls’ and women’s sports and use female bathrooms and locker rooms said it’s time for the Trump administration to follow through on its threats to withhold federal funding from schools accused of violating Title IX.

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