Court temporarily blocks N.J. school district policy to out LGBTQ students

Jackie Roman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

a district policy that would require school staff to notify parents of their children’s gender identity and sexual orientationThe temporary injunction prohibiting implementation of the policy was granted in New Jersey Superior Court in response to an emergency motion filed on Thursday by Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights.

“The Board’s Parental Notification Policy is in full accord with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, which has consistently recognized parents’ fundamental Constitutional right to direct their children’s upbringing — against which state interference with family matters are not condoned,” the board said.

The contested policy lists 30 issues, including peer, academic, or athletic pressure, school performance, anxiety, depression, fatigue, isolationism, preoccupation with anti-social music, sexual activity, sexuality, sexual orientation, transitioning, gender identity or expression, and familial/cultural challenges.

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