Southern California middle school teachers Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West have stood up to new gender policies that required teachers to keep students’ gender transitions a secret from others, including their parents.
The policies rolled out by Escondido Union School District (EUSD) in late 2021 also required teachers to address transgender students by their preferred names and pronouns, and allowed students to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity rather than their sex.
“We both believe that God created two sexes, male and female, and the relationship between parents and children was created by God with the intent for parents to raise and guide their children,” West told The Epoch Times. “We do not want to take the place of the parents.”…