Gov. Brown today signed AB 1266, the bill that allows transgender students to participate in sports and other activities, as well as use bathrooms, based on their gender identity as opposed to their sex at birth.
The deadline for Brown’s signature was Tuesday, Aug. 13, although the bill would still have become law without it.
This morning, before Brown passed the bill into law, San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, the bill’s sponsor, urged Brown to do just that.
“While many California school children are already protected by policies in some of our biggest school districts, other districts don’t seem to understand that transgender students should have equal access to all programs and facilities,” Ammiano said in a statement. “I ask the Governor to do the right thing: Sign this bill to protect the kids.”
Last week, KQED Public Radio’s Forum program devoted a segment to the legislation. You can listen to that here …