California Bill 1266 Passed – Boys can use a girl’s bathroom & Girls can use a boy’s bathroom

My friend and Brother, Gary Wenkle Smith had just alerted me to this new Bill that was passed by the California Legislature called Assembly Bill 1266: “Pupil rights: sex-segregated school programs and activities”. Gary had shared his thoughts with his friends on Facebook, and he was kind enough as always to give me permission to share this knowledge with you all.

By Gary;

Yesterday, it became public information that the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1266: “Pupil rights: sex-segregated school programs and activities,” which allows students in grades as young as Kindergarten to use facilities consistent with “his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records,” meaning that young boys can use the girls bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, etc. and girls can do the same in the boys facilities, if they identify with that gender, regardless of their physical gender.

When I was an adolescent, we boys had a fantasy about going into the girls locker room. We often wished we were invisible. Now, adolescent boys can claim “gender confusion” and do what we only wished.

Somehow, this all seems bizarre to me. Am I just too old to understand, or is this going to become the breeding ground for lawsuits, and criminal filings over sexual battery charges, and other sexual harassment issues?

SOME GREAT COMMENTS;

MIKE – This has to take the prize for first place stupidity.

LARRY – Since when does a young child not old enough to make educated decisions get to decide what gender they agree with. What happened to teaching your child what gender they are and how to be that gender? This new law is wrong in so many ways. It just shows that if you let the schools educate your children in life lessons, you may be disappointed at the outcome. Please parents be the teacher for these important life lessons. If not you may be the next one getting a life lesson in a court of law. Just amazed at our lawmakers and supporters of some of the worst laws I have ever seen. Wake up peeps we are going down hill fast with no end in sight.

GARY – With all respect, Larry Lee Smith, my brother, I do believe that children are born with a sexual preference, some may choose it later, but I don’t think that is the issue. These days sexual harassment is a major issue between the sexes, boys being boys is no longer acceptable behavior. The things we did may have been rude, but we were full of hormones, and didn’t seem to think some of our acting out was wrong. However, and contrary to what our sister Dana believes, I think there will be a lot of faking, and a lot of problems because of it. I recognize that gender identity is an issue. However, I do not see that abrogation of the right of privacy of most boys and girls is the answer.

Moreover, I was a teenager once, and I had urges that were well beyond reason, and I was “normal” for my growth period. I think all humans go through this phase, regardless of gender identity. So, do the teenage girls want to shower with boys, regardless of their gender identity? Do their dads want this to happen? Oh, boy, are we in for some serious problems, me thinks.

Here is a link and copy of the Bill;

An act to amend Section 221.5 of the Education Code, relating to pupil rights.

[ Approved by Governor  August 12, 2013. Filed Secretary of State  August 12, 2013. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1266, Ammiano. Pupil rights: sex-segregated school programs and activities.

Existing law prohibits public schools from discriminating on the basis of specified characteristics, including gender, gender identity, and gender expression, and specifies various statements of legislative intent and the policies of the state in that regard. Existing law requires that participation in a particular physical education activity or sport, if required of pupils of one sex, be available to pupils of each sex.

This bill would require that a pupil be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.
Section 221.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

221.5.
(a) It is the policy of the state that elementary and secondary school classes and courses, including nonacademic and elective classes and courses, be conducted, without regard to the sex of the pupil enrolled in these classes and courses.

(b) A school district may not prohibit a pupil from enrolling in any class or course on the basis of the sex of the pupil, except a class subject to Chapter 5.6 (commencing with Section 51930) of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2.

(c) A school district may not require a pupil of one sex to enroll in a particular class or course, unless the same class or course is also required of a pupil of the opposite sex.

(d) A school counselor, teacher, instructor, administrator, or aide may not, on the basis of the sex of a pupil, offer vocational or school program guidance to a pupil of one sex that is different from that offered to a pupil of the opposite sex or, in counseling a pupil, differentiate career, vocational, or higher education opportunities on the basis of the sex of the pupil counseled. Any school personnel acting in a career counseling or course selection capacity to a pupil shall affirmatively explore with the pupil the possibility of careers, or courses leading to careers, that are nontraditional for that pupil’s sex. The parents or legal guardian of the pupil shall be notified in a general manner at least once in the manner prescribed by Section 48980, in advance of career counseling and course selection commencing with course selection for grade 7 so that they may participate in the counseling sessions and decisions.

(e) Participation in a particular physical education activity or sport, if required of pupils of one sex, shall be available to pupils of each sex.

(f) A pupil shall be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records.