Montana has enacted a law to make it illegal to mention gender identity or sexual orientation in schools without parental consent.
Last Friday (May 7) Gov. Greg Gianforte signed Senate bill 99 in support of its anti-trans conduct. The bill in question allows a parent or guardian to remove a child from “human sexuality instruction”.
The bill states school districts are now required to notify a parent or guardian if any events or courses on human sexuality will be taking place. This allows the parent or guardian the right to “withdraw the child from a course of instruction, a class period, an assembly, an organized school function regarding human sexuality”.
Senate bill 99 also prohibits school districts from allowing any abortion providers to offer materials on site.
“S.B. 99 is a discriminatory bill that directly targets LGBTQ kids. This bill sets a dangerous precedent in secondary education that would not only limit access to sex education, but any curriculum regarding LGBTQ people,” Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said in a public statement.
“All students, no matter their gender or sexual identity, deserve the opportunity to learn about themselves and information critical to their health.”
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