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From the New York Post: Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he will shift the headquarters of privately held SpaceX and social media site X to Texas from California — calling Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to sign a new student gender identity law “the final straw.”
The law, signed Monday, blocks school districts from requiring teachers to notify parents about changes in a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation without the child’s permission. It also requires the state’s Department of Education to create resources for families of LGBTQ+ students from seventh grade through high school.
“This is the final straw,” Musk wrote on X. “Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.”
“I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children,” he continued.
I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024
Musk said he is also moving the X/Twitter headquarters to Austin, Texas.
In additional posts, Musk added, “And 𝕏 HQ will move to Austin. Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building.”
Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) had also reacted to the news of Newsom signing the bill, writing, “When the state claims to own your kids, it’s time to find a new state.”
“Done,” responded Musk.
“Well done, @elonmusk,” Lee wrote.
Well done, @elonmusk.
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) July 16, 2024
Journalist Michael Shellenberger weighed in on the bill Newsom just signed.
Musk shared Shellenberger’s post, and wrote, “The governor of California just signed a bill causing massive destruction of parental rights and putting children at risk for permanent damage. Important to read this:”
Watch Shellenberger’s video message and read his statement below:
I’m afraid I have some terrible news. The governor of America’s largest and richest state has just signed a law that puts 10 million children and adolescents in grave danger of medical mistreatment.
The media headlines have it wrong. They claim that California Governor Gavin Newsom’s new law protects children by stopping public schools from outing their new gender to their parents.
It does just the opposite. It makes children vulnerable to irreversible and lifelong medical abuse and mistreatment. And it is all based on the pseudoscientific idea that some children are born into the wrong bodies and that we can change a person’s sex through drugs and surgery.
For any of this to make sense, you have to understand what’s happening in Britain. Several years ago, the government appointed a well-respected pediatrician named Hillary Cass to investigate whether it was ethical to block the puberty of children, give them opposite-sex hormones, and perform surgeries on their bodies to make them feel better about their gender. Dr. Cass came back a few weeks ago and said no, absolutely not.
Around the same time, the British government banned puberty blockers nationwide. And, just a few days ago, the new Labor Party government affirmed that it would maintain the former government’s ban.
In her report, Cass said that the so-called “social transition,” whereby a child adopts the identity of the opposite sex, is not a neutral act and has psychological consequences. This means it is the first step toward medical intervention.
What Gavin Newsom has done is actively prevented schools from informing parents that their children have been put on a medical pathway.
This is an outrageous attack on the rights of children and parents. Children have a right to go through puberty. No adult should be able to block their puberty. And parents have a right to know if their child thinks that they are the opposite sex or were born into the wrong body.
We have seen with leaked internal documents of the leading gender medicine group, WPATH, that these medical interventions, namely puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery, are not only irreversible but result in sterilization and loss of sexual function.
Children or adolescents are simply not mature enough to understand the effects of so-called “gender-affirming care.” They cannot, in other words, give their informed consent.
The new law creates the grave risk that activist teachers, students, and outside groups will convince their children that they were born into the wrong body, and hide their “social transition” from parents, which will lead to harmful medical mistreatment.
As such, the law that Newsom just signed is the opposite of what both children and their parents need. We need schools to immediately warn parents if their children think they are the opposite sex.
After all, this is a diagnosable psychiatric condition known as “gender dysphoria.” And if your child has a psychiatric disorder, whether anxiety, depression, an eating disorder, or gender dysphoria, you have a right to know.
And schools must stop teaching children, or allowing other people to teach children, the pseudoscientific and dehumanizing ideas that it’s possible to be born into the wrong body and possible to change one’s sex.
As such, either the legislature, the courts, or a ballot initiative will be required to nullify Newsom’s law. Until then, it is important to spread the word to parents that California public schools are fundamentally unsafe for the millions of children who attend them.
I’m afraid I have some terrible news. The governor of America’s largest and richest state has just signed a law that puts 10 million children and adolescents in grave danger of medical mistreatment.
The media headlines have it wrong. They claim that California Governor Gavin… pic.twitter.com/bzr53hZ7We
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) July 16, 2024
REACTIONS ARE POURING IN, after Musk announced his decision to move out of California:
Robby Starbuck: “This is leadership Elon. Thank you. We warned this law was coming in The War On Children film. If people haven’t watched it yet, they really should so that they know what’s coming next.”
This is leadership Elon. Thank you.
We warned this law was coming in The War On Children film. If people haven’t watched it yet, they really should so that they know what’s coming next.
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) July 16, 2024
Billboard Chris: “Thank you, Elon! So happy you’re in this fight to protect kids and parental rights!”
Thank you, Elon!
So happy you’re in this fight to protect kids and parental rights!
— Billboard Chris 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@BillboardChris) July 16, 2024
Bo Loudon: “Wow! Thank you very much, Elon, for your amazing and generous donation and support of Rightful President Trump! You haven’t only saved free speech, but are now fighting to save our country! God bless you!”
Wow! Thank you very much, Elon, for your amazing and generous donation and support of Rightful President Trump!
You haven’t only saved free speech, but are now fighting to save our country!
God bless you!
— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) July 16, 2024
Gavin Newsom signed AB1955 today which bans schools from making rules requiring parental notification if a child identifies as transgender.
Get your kids out of public schools. pic.twitter.com/7yISZBUYR4
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 16, 2024