https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans-children-bills-lgbt-states-b2269257.html

“Trans youth are facing an onslaught of regressive, punitive bills designed to bully them into silence or punish them if they identify as trans.
One of the most recent is a bill proposed in the Indiana legislature which would force teachers or administrators to notify parents if the student wants to change their ‘name, attire, pronoun, title, or word to identify the student in a manner that is inconsistent with the student’s biological sex at birth.”

Proponents of these measures are actually claiming that they’re to “protect the child”.