California governor signs raft of protections for LGBTQ+ youth

California’s governor has signed four pieces of legislation aimed at strengthening protections and providing better support for LGBTQ+ youth in the Golden State. The measures include AB 5, which sets out implementation timelines for LGBTQ+ cultural competency training by public school teachers and staff, the establishment of an advisory task force to identify LGBTQ+ pupil needs across the state (SB 857) and AB 223, which requires any petition for a minor to change their sex markers to be kept confidential by the court. As well as this, SB 407 directs...