The Republican-controlled House of Representatives — with assistance from eight Democrats — approved legislation on May 20 that would require schools to forcibly out trans and non-binary youth, drawing condemnation from LGBTQ House Democrats who labeled the legislation as a “Don’t Say Trans” law.
HR 2616, which Republicans named the “PROTECT Kids Act,” would require public elementary and middle schools receiving federal funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain consent from parents before respecting changes to a child’s pronouns, gender marker, or preferred name on any school form or “sex-based accommodations” such as locker rooms or bathrooms.
