State Superintendent of Schools Tony Thurmond was heckled and forcibly removed from a Chino Valley Unified School Board meeting Thursday after speaking in opposition to a proposed district policy that would force schools to inform parents if their child identifies as transgender, KTVU reported.
The school board ultimately voted to approve the policy, which mirrors failed Assembly Bill 1314. The California Legislative LGBTQ+ caucus described legislation that aims to “out” transgender and non-binary students against their will as putting children in potentially life threatening danger, and subjecting them to trauma and violence.
Thurmond, via Twitter, said he was invited by students to join them as they spoke out against the policy. When he was done speaking, he said, the board present verbally attacked him and instructed the police to remove him.
