Parental rights movement

The parental rights movement is a social conservative political movement aimed at restricting schools' ability to teach or practice certain viewpoints on gender, sexuality and race without parental consent.

One of the aims of the movement is preventing schools from using the preferred pronouns or chosen names of transgender and non-binary youth without disclosing to or gaining permission from parents. More broadly, it aims to prevent the teaching of LGBT issues in public schools without parents' agreement. The parental rights movement was brought to mainstream attention with the passage of the Parental Rights in Education Act in Florida, colloquially known as the "Don't Say Gay" law, by governor Ron DeSantis. Since then, the movement has expanded across the US and Canada.

Additionally, the parental rights movement has sought to increase parents' control over how children are taught about sexuality and race relations.

Proponents of the movement have claimed that they aim to prevent indoctrination of children by LGBT activists.

Opponents of the movement argue that parental rights legislation endangers children by possibly outing them to abusive guardians.