Court blocks ruling on disclosure of gender identification by California students

A federal judge's ruling requiring schools in California to let their teachers tell parents that a child has identified as transgender was blocked Friday by a federal appeals court for at least the next week.

In granting Attorney General Rob Bonta's request for a stay of Monday's decision by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said its action "does not constitute in any way a decision on the merits" and was just intended to "preserve the status quo" until the court decides whether to put the ruling on hold while considering the state's appeal...