Maryland school district bars staff from telling parents about gender transitions

School staff in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland are prohibited from disclosing students' transgender identity to their parents if the school deems the students' parents to be unsupportive of the transition. According to the Maryland school district's " Guidelines for Student Gender Identity, " a gender transition plan for a student at school should be designed without the knowledge of the student's family, if the family does not support the student in the chosen gender identity.-- More...