California passes ‘anti-snitch’ law to prevent the forced outing of LGBTQ+ students by teachers

California has taken one more step towards LGBTQ+ equality by passing a law that prevents schools from forcing teachers to out queer students to their parents.

The new law, adopted following a Monday (23 December) vote, prevents school districts from firing teachers who choose not to disclose the sexuality of their students to parents.

The law’s proposal and subsequent passage came in response to a handful of school districts across the state that implemented policies forcing teachers to notify parents if students have expressed non-cisgender or non-heterosexual identities.

“I don’t think teachers should be gender police”

“Teachers can still talk to their parents,” State governor, Gavin Newsom, said at a press conference on Monday. “What they can’t do is fire a teacher for not being a snitch. I don’t

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