California lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom have once again prioritized ideology over biology, science, and child welfare with Assembly Bill 1084, signed into law in October 2025. Marketed as a simple “streamlining” of name and gender marker changes, the bill actually accelerates the process by which minors can obtain court orders to rewrite their legal sex on vital records like birth certificates. For kids whose parents go along with it, the court rubber-stamps the change