Assemblyman Mark González (D), a member of the California LGBTQ Caucus, has introduced Assembly Bill 727 to mandate all of the state's 7th-12th grade schools – both public and private – as well as all public and private universities to print The Trevor Project's contact info on every student ID card.
Considering the organization is one of the most well-known, influential, and well-funded LGBTQ advocacy groups in the country, California Family Council's Greg Burt says the bill is an attempt to put vulnerable kids in contact with individuals who are committed to one particular view of gender and sexuality.
"You're more or less introducing students to a controversial organization … that is seeking to teach kids that they can pick their gender, that their feelings determine whether they're male or female," he explains.
Burt says The Trevor Project leads young people down a path that will destroy their bodies with puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries that remove healthy body parts, and he finds the prospect of furthering its presence in schools, particularly religious ones with contradictory views on gender and sexuality, concerning and horrifying.
"I think your Muslim schools, your Christian schools, your traditional Jewish schools are going to object," says Burt. "Obviously, this is a violation of the Constitution. The government can't impose their viewpoint on schools set up to teach religious instruction based on their faith. This is going to be very controversial."
The coercive policy also stands in direct opposition to President Trump's recent executive order on ending radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling, he notes.
Since González only recently introduced Assembly Bill 727, Burt suspects most people do not know about it. So, his organization is encouraging parents, churches, and Christian schools to take action and keep it from becoming law.
