Link: In California, parents may lose custody of the child if they resist gender transition (cnbctv18.com) Prediction: within the next year or two, a blue state family will flee to a red state, after a totalitarian CPS demands custody of their minor child when the parents resist the child’s imagined transgenderism. State #1 will charge the parents with kidnapping. State #2 will refuse extradition, setting the stage for sanctuary states/cities offering safe haven from blue state tyranny.
This seems to be only allowing this to be one of many factors when determining child custody cases. Affirming gender does not mean allowing medical or chemical transitioning upon my very lawman’s reading of the bill. It would just allow if the parent is giving support to the child or if they are not. I would not agree with the state revoking custody over it (unless it is tied to psychological or physical abuse) but during child placement in a custody case the wellbeing of the child should be considered.
Seems like "sounds good" legislation that doesn't really change anything other than codifying a factor the judges were already considering in deciding cases.
if they attack their child over it, be like any other child abuse, have to be weighed on a case by case basis, just disagreeing is not child abuse
Severe emotional abuse is a reason for children to be removed from the home. If a young child feels they are the wrong gender then a loving supportive parent would help them explore that gently through clothing, name, psychological care and so forth. If a child is being exposed to the kind of abuse that some people think is okay to heap on transgenders then that is when it becomes abusive. It’s more than telling a child they are imagining things. It would be those intolerant people who call transgenders crazy, who label them ‘transies’ or ‘trannies’, who call them groomers or perverts or whatever nasty insult they want to use. That kind of intolerance doesn’t need to used to deny a child’s feelings. Parents who can’t accept their children for how they feel or who they are can make a child feel unwanted, uncared for, unloved. I think in most cases that removing a child from their home would be extreme and stupid. If CPS does get involved, they should be sending the family for some kind of counselling to find a happy medium, not tearing a family apart.
Nothing rational about this. Child abuse is already illegal. Its not child abuse to not support a childs transition.
In my personal view, it's a more complicated issue than simply "yes or no". (So I will not vote in the poll) I think it can also depend a little bit on whether the child was adopted as well. Parents should have some role and input into their child's development, but I also support children's choice. Obviously there are some big issues when it comes to something as irreversible as a gender transition. I outlined some thoughts on it here: Compromise idea for sex change hormones in young teens
But they want to redefine and come up with another definition of what they think constitutes "child abuse".
related story: Massachusetts says Catholic families cannot adopt children (posted in Gay & Lesbian Rights section)
