Gavin Newsom is forcing schools to promote a radical transgender group’s LGBTQ "hotline" on student ID cards. California’s Democrat Governor recently signed a bill mandating that every student identification card display the number of an LGBTQ youth helpline run by a radical transgender advocacy organisation.

California law already required public and private schools to print a general suicide prevention hotline on all student IDs. However, under the new draft bill, which was recently signed into law by Mr. Newsom, schools must now include the number for The Trevor Project, which has been criticized for connecting minors with trans activists for so-called „gender-affirming” counseling. The mandate applies to public school students as young as middle school.

Parents Defending Education has raised concerns that The Trevor Project’s online chat allows children to discuss gender and sexuality with unrelated adults. Moreover, the website also includes a “quick exit” feature that instantly closes the window and clears browser history to hide conversations from parents.

🚨 @GavinNewsom just signed AB 727, forcing every California student ID to promote The Trevor Project—an activist group known for encouraging kids to question their gender behind parents’ backs.

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The Trevor Project also hosts TrevorSpace, a chat room advertised for users aged 13 to 24. While the site claims to be moderated, it has been shown to host sexually explicit discussions and troubling advice for vulnerable minors.

The organization also opposes parental notification policies for name or pronoun changes at school, supports allowing men in women’s bathrooms and locker rooms, and promotes puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones as “medically necessary” for transgender-identifying youth.

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Democrat Assemblyman Mark González, who introduced the bill, indicated it was brought forward as a direct response to the Trump administration’s move.

“When President Donald Trump and the federal government turn their backs on LGBTQ+ youth, California steps up,” Mr. González emphasized in a statement. “With the signing of bill AB 727, we’re sending a clear message: our LGBTQ+ youth are seen, valued, and never alone. AB 727 is not just a piece of legislation; it is a lifeline for our queer youth.”

Earlier this year, Mr. Newsom appeared to moderate his stances on transgender youth, including by calling men competing in women’s sports “deeply unfair,” and expressing hesitancy about medically transitioning children. Since then, however, California’s Department of Education has refused to comply with the Trump administration’s demand to bar men from women’s sports and spaces.

🚨Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law requiring student IDs to include a radical transgender advocacy group’s LGBTQ youth hotline—and then attacked MAGA in a response to Daily Caller News Foundation defending the bill. https://t.co/KusRgJ8jWb

— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) October 14, 2025