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Court Blocks California ‘Gender Secrecy Law’ and Affirms Parental Rights

California parents scored a big victory as a court blocked a law that kept school districts from reporting a child’s “sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression” to parents. 

America First Legal announced the decision on behalf of the City of Huntington Beach and parents, saying: 

[T]he U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit entered a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of key provisions of California’s AB 1955 – a law that prohibits schools from disclosing information to parents about a child’s sexual orientation, “gender identity,” or gender expression, unless the child consents.
In other words, the State of California sought to prevent parents from obtaining information about “gender transitions” of their own children without the child’s consent.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1955, the dishonestly named “SAFETY Act” (Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth Act), in July 2024, as California Family Council (CFC) reported: 

This legislation, passed by the California Legislature and now signed into law, allows schools to withhold critical information from parents about their children’s health and welfare. The bill specifically prohibits school districts from enacting policies requiring parents to be notified if their child has asked everyone at school to use a different name and pronoun.

AB 1955 was predicated on the idea that children “have a constitutional right to privacy” thatforbade schools from requiring employees “to disclose any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to any other person without the pupil’s consent.” 

Instead of affirming parents’ right to direct the upbringing of their children, the bill created a “government-imposed wall of secrecy between parents and their children,” CFC stated.  

Shortly after Governor Newsom signed the “gender secrecy law,” the Huntington Beach City Council voted to prohibit school employees from hiding information about students from their parents. The council passed an ordinance declaring Huntington Beach a “Parents’ Right to Know City.”

The ordinance led to the legal challenge against California, with America First Legal and SchaerrJaffee LLP filing a lawsuit in September 2024. 

The Ninth Circuit twice denied motions for preliminary injunctions against the law, but in light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Mirabelli v. Bonta, which reasserted parents’ rights over any school’s “transgender” parent exclusion policies, the city and parents asked the Ninth Circuit to reconsider. 

The three-judge panel said the Mirabelli decision “affirmed the substantive due process right of parents ‘to direct the upbringing and education of their children’” which “includes the right not to be shut out of participation in decisions regarding their children’s mental health” (their emphasis). 

When dealing with serious mental health issues related to children’s identity and sexuality, the Ninth Circuit panel explained: 

As framed by the Court, the plaintiff parents thus have an affirmative constitutional right to be provided with any such information.

CFC Vice President Greg Burt applauded the decision, saying: 

For years, Sacramento told parents they had no right to know when their own child was living as a different sex at school. We said that was wrong and that it violated the Constitution. The Ninth Circuit now agrees.
AB 1955 was built to keep moms and dads in the dark. This ruling pulls back the curtain. No parent should have to learn from a stranger what the school already knew about their child.

American First Legal said this is their second appeals court-level win following Mirabelli. The nonprofit law firm pointed to a case in Pennsylvania where the Pine Richland School District secretly provided “taxpayer-funded ‘gender transition teams’ to students without parental notification or consent.” 

A mom sued, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, again citing Mirabelli, said she could pursue a damage case against the school district. 

The California case is City of Huntington Beach v. Newsom. 

The Pennsylvania case is Doe v. Pine Richland School District.

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Rep. Hageman Introduces Resolution Demanding Transparency in TV Show Ratings

Parents overwhelmingly want America’s television content ratings system to be overhauled and updated for the 21st century. Congresswoman Harriet Hageman, R-WY, is trying to make that happen.

Rep. Hageman introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to better disclose sensitive TV content so American parents can make more informed decisions about entertainment for their children.

The resolution demands the FCC “develop a ratings framework with neutral, objective, and specific content descriptions across all video platforms, promote greater transparency in how ratings are assigned and challenged, and ensure any ratings oversight body includes meaningful representation from parents and child advocacy organizations.”

“Parents have the right to decide what their children watch, and the current ratings system is robbing them of that right,” Rep. Hageman said in a statement.

Congress passed the Telecommunications Act in 1996 requiring parents be provided with information about children’s entertainment content ahead of time so they can protect their kids from violent, sexual or other harmful programming.

To comply with the legislation, entertainment industry representatives established the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) and developed the TV Parental Guidelines age ratings system which is still in use today.

The system provides ratings for programs that are appropriate for all children (TV-Y); appropriate for children age seven and above (TV-Y7); suitable, but not specifically designed for, children (TV-G); and those that contain more mature content: TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA.

The TV Parental Guidelines also contain descriptors informing parents of sexually suggested dialogue (D); fantasy violence (FV); coarse or crude language (L); sexual situations (S); and violence (V).

This rating system was perhaps adequate in the 1999s, when constant LGBT propaganda in children’s entertainment wasn’t a fact of life. Unfortunately, that’s no longer the case.

According to recent research, the ratings system fails to adequately account for sensitive content today.

Concerned Women for America’s (CWA) report, “LGBTQ Messaging Pervasive In Netflix Children’s Programming,” found that “41% of G-rated series, and 41% of TV-Y7-rated series on Netflix contain LGBTQ+ content.”

The organization also released a new poll revealing most parents (87%) said it’s either “very important” or “somewhat important” for TV content ratings to advise them of violence, sexual assault or other sensitive topics like LGBT messaging.

“Parents should be able to make informed viewing decisions for their children,” said Penny Nance, CEO and president of CWA, “but currently, parents have no way of knowing whether LGBTQ+ content is in that program.”

Furthermore, outsourcing oversight of the ratings system to the TVOMB is like asking the fox to guard the henhouse. The organization, which is responsible for ensuring media companies follow the industry’s ratings standards, is largely made up of media companies and trade groups financed by media corporations.

Nearly 80% of respondents to CWA’s poll said they support reforming the TVOMB to include more independent experts, parent groups and child-advocacy organizations.

Rep. Hageman’s resolution aims to shine a spotlight on parent’s desire for reform.

“Streaming platforms are pushing ideology into children’s programming, and Washington has looked the other way for too long,” Rep. Hageman said. “This resolution puts the FCC on notice that transparency is not optional.”

Multiple conservative organizations are supporting the resolution including Concerned Women for America, Family Policy Alliance, Wyoming Family Alliance, American Principles Project, Moms for Liberty, Heritage Action and Family Research Council.

“For too long, ratings systems have failed to give parents accurate and consistent information about what their children are watching,” said Craig DeRoche, president and CEO of Family Policy Alliance. “This resolution is a long-overdue step toward the transparency families need to make informed decisions.”

In a public notice issued April 22, the FCC opened a public comment period asking parents if they found TV-age ratings useful; whether they believe ratings are consistent across TV shows and programming; and whether they know children’s TV shows may contain information promoting gender ideology.

The FCC also asked parents for comment on whether the TVOMB should create a new warning label for content with “transgender and gender non-binary programming” and when “gender identity themes are discussed or displayed.”

Over 40 far-left groups including the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Advocates for Trans Equality, GLAAD and PFLAG National filed a public comment opposing the FCC’s consideration of added content warnings for LGBT characters and stories.

These groups want to keep parents in the dark while their children are fed pro-LGBT content by the entertainment industry.

The FCC could soon act to help parents make more informed decisions about their children’s entertainment content. Until it does, Rep. Hageman’s resolution intends to nudge the agency in the right direction.

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Governor Ron DeSantis Declares June ‘Faith and Family Month’

The tidal wave of “Pride Month” has left Florida high and dry thanks to Governor Ron DeSantis signing a proclamation declaring June “Faith and Family Month” in the Sunshine State.

The proclamation, which the governor signed on June 8, emphasizes the importance of faith, family and fatherhood as essential elements to a thriving society.

“Faith is a foundational element that provides strength, hope, and moral guidance, shaping values of compassion, service, responsibility, and unity within our communities,” the proclamation states, highlighting the Christian faith as vital in “constructing our Constitution, laws, and ideals.”

It also supports the “Biblical family unit [as] the initial God-ordained earthly institution providing the model for a thriving society” and upholds fathers as playing an “influential and irreplaceable role within families.”

The proclamation calls on churches, faith-based organizations, businesses and community partners to launch initiatives in June to “educate, inform, and strengthen relationships among husbands and wives, parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren.”

Florida Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas lauded the proclamation on X quoting Joshua 24:15: “But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve … as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Kamoutsas wrote, “Thank you, @GovRonDeSantis, for proclaiming June as Faith and Family month, recognizing the vital role faith and family play in the lives of Floridians and in the strength of our state.”

Gov. DeSantis’ proclamation makes Florida the sixth state to celebrate the natural family in June.

Tennessee and Indiana governors declared June “Nuclear Family Month”; Alabama’s governor designated June “Strong Families Month”; and the governors of Arkansas and Utah declared June “Fidelity Month.”

Additionally, Rep. Mary Miller, R-IL, introduced a resolution last week in the U.S. House of Representatives to declare June “Family Month” in place of “Pride Month.” In an exclusive interview with Daily Citizen, she expressed optimism the resolution will pass the House.

“The breakdown of the family has caused inestimable damage to our country,” Rep. Miller told us. “We need to get back to our biblical Christian roots. We need to support intact families – a husband and wife committed to each other.”

Thanks to Gov. DeSantis’ bold and courageous leadership, our nation’s third most populous state is doing exactly that, redeeming June in honor of the nuclear family. Let’s hope, pray and advocate for more states to soon follow suit.

To speak with a family help specialist or request resources, please call us at 1-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459).

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Photo from the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis.

Yes, Gay ‘Pride Month’ Most Certainly IS After Our Kids

LGBT activists, and the elite media supporting them, have long been offended that they regularly get accused of targeting children. They claim nothing could be further from the truth, they are just loving people who want to protect vulnerable youth.

Well, as ‘Pride Month’ kicks into overdrive there is ample evidence that all our children and grandchildren are specifically being targeted by LGBT activists online, at their schools, in your community and libraries. Let’s just survey a few scattered examples. You have likely seen others not featured here.

On June 1, Sesame Street, as it has for the past 7 years, posted this vivid celebration and support of every alternative sexuality gay ‘pride’ proudly stands for.

Peppa Pig, a popular Nick Jr. offering intended for ages 2-5, followed suit with all its characters wishing your children “Happy Pride.”

Blue’s Clues, also created for ages 2-5, was an early adopter, proudly pushing ‘Pride’ parades on young children for years. One video proudly featured drag queen Nina West praising families with “two mommies, who love each other so proudly.” It also celebrates the non-existent “non-binary” and “trans” families and even polyamory, which marches in “four by four” and “five by five.” 

The cartoon drag queen also explains to your kids that some families are made up of “kings and queens” while “Ace, Bi and Pan grown-ups you see can love each other so proudly, and they all go marching in the Big Parade.”

Nickelodeon has bragged about winning affirmation awards from gay advocacy groups for their“authentic LGBTQ+ representation in our stories.” These are the stories they make for your kids.

Don’t believe them when they tell you no one is targeting your children. And it’s not just in cartoons. 

Schools are helping LGBT activists present their disturbing ideas of radical sexuality to children of all ages. Bellingham High School in Washington State hosted their county’s ‘Youth Pride event’ this month. This is what teens and young children were presented with:

This is certainly not a rare one-off. 

Graham-Kapowsin High School in Tacoma constructed a ‘Pride Month’ presentation in their school’s public display case featuring LGBT paraphernalia, including numerous medical vials of Testosterone Cypionate, a Class III controlled substance used in sex-rejecting medicalizations.

A Facebook poster from Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin presented pictures showing the way some local public-school teachers decorated their classroom doors celebrating LGBT propaganda with items like “Born This Way” banners and such.

The principal of McMinnville High School in Oregon thought it would be educational to book local drag queens Dr. Poison Waters and TheQueen Pluto to perform for the school’s graduation this year.

A Colorado school board passed a district-wide ‘Pride Month’ recognition along with an official proclamation on May 27, 2026. It honors “every child, regardless of gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation” and calls for “lessons and activities that engage students in meaningful learning about … the LGBTQ+ community and the experiences of our LGBTQ+students, staff, and families.” They don’t have a month celebrating learning in math, science, literature and history.

Just days ago, WVUE News celebrated the fact that some young children “witnessed their first-ever drag queen show.” Drag performer Malaysia Ravor Black, explained to the New Orleans news station, after dancing before young children and their smiling moms, “children need to hear that encouragement” about “LGBTQIA” hoping it would “push them to be more inclusive of everything that goes on around them.”

But rest assured, accusations that LGBT activists are aggressively targeting and grooming school children in their radical sexual and gender ideology are hyped up falsehoods. There is nothing to see here. Please ignore all the disturbing evidence to the contrary you are seeing with your own eyes this ‘Pride Month.’

Pray for the redemption of those who work to ensnare and destroy our nation’s children. Matthew 18:5-6

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Hope Conference: Support for Individuals and Families Struggling With LGBT Issues

Hope 2026, a yearly conference that offers support and healing for individuals and families struggling with LGBT issues, is coming to Colorado Springs June 12-13.

The event is sponsored by Restored Hope Network, an interdenominational coalition of ministries, therapists, pastors and spiritual mentors “dedicated to restoring hope to those broken by sexual and relational sin, especially those impacted by homosexuality and gender confusion.” 

Hope 2026 provides support, teaching, resources and spiritual care for those wrestling with unwanted homosexuality and transgenderism. In addition, the conference equips families, loved ones and churches to address LGBT issues with grace, truth and wisdom. 

Hosted by Focus on the Family, Hope 2026 features keynote speakers like Dr. James Merritt, Dee Barnes, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi Jr. and Glenn Stanton. 

Merritt is senior pastor of Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Georgia and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Barnes is the founder and director of His Wonderful Works, a ministry in Covington, Georgia, that disciples those struggling with same-sex attractions or transgenderism and equips pastors and families to love strugglers while holding to biblical truth. 

Nicolosi is a licensed clinical psychologist and the director of The Breakthrough Clinic, which is likely the largest clinic in the world helping men with unwanted homosexuality. Glenn Stanton is the director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family. The author of nine books, he writes for the Daily Citizen about gender, sexuality, marriage, family and parenting. 

The conference includes worship, testimonies from overcomers and workshops like “Doing Life with your LGBTQ-Identified Child,” “Case Histories of Change,” “Clear Love for Confused Parents” and “Freedom in Jesus Christ.” 

Founded in 2012, Restored Hope Network proclaims a biblical view of sexuality, relationships, marriage, healing and transformation. Members believe and teach: 

• God created humans in his image, male and female, and our biological sex and sexual identity matter to God. 

• Marriage is the union of a man and a woman which “prefigures the union of God and his people or Christ and the church and has as its highest purpose the self-giving integration of the two sexes into a single sexual whole.” 

• Homosexual practice violates God’s standards for sexual purity, as does expressing a “gender identity” different from one’s biological sex. Both are against God’s will. 

• Jesus Christ deeply loves broken sexual sinners and provides hope for transformation. Jesus coupled a heightened ethical demand with a loving outreach to violators to lead them to repentance. 

For those struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions, identity and behavior, and for those with unwanted sexual identity confusion and transgender behaviors, the conference offers biblical truth and clarity, hope for healing and transformation, and practical tools for walking into wholeness. 

Parents, family members, ministry leaders and pastors will gain new insight about relating to, encouraging and bringing healing to those with sexual and relational brokenness. 

Find out more about Restored Hope Network and Hope 2026. 

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