New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy defended a move by his administration to prevent school districts from informing parents that their children are showing signs of gender transitioning.
In June, three New Jersey school districts—Middletown school district, Marlboro school district, and Manalapan-Englishtown Regional school district—approved policies to require that parents be told if their children showed signs of “transitioning” to another gender. Specifically, these signs include students beginning to use a different name, pronouns, or bathrooms that are different from their sex.
Just a day later, Mr. Murphy’s administration announced a move to sue the school districts, with the state contending that these policies entailed “outing” the students and would fail to provide students with a “safe” learning environment….