The billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that it will move the main headquarters of SpaceX and the social network X to Texas after a law in california blocks the obligation imposed on teachers to notify parents of changes in the gender identity from a student. “This is the straw that broke the camel’s back”he said on his social network.
“Because of this law and many others that preceded it, that They attack both families and companies, SpaceX will move its main headquarters from Hawthorne, California, to “Starbase, Texas”, wrote.
The tech mogul also said he was moving X from its headquarters in San Francisco to Austinsomething he has already said before without carrying it out. Musk has already moved the headquarters Tesla from Palo Alto to Austin.
“I made it clear to the governor (Gavin) Newsom It’s been almost a year since laws of this type would force families and businesses to stop California to protect their children,” Musk wrote.
The tycoon has also expressed his deep disdain for the use of neutral pronouns and often mocks this practice on social media by disqualifying it as part of a “woke” agenda (progressive).
In 2022, Vivian Jena Wilson, one of the transgender daughters of Musk, asked a court of California that allow you to legally change your gender identity. In addition, she requested to change her name, to abandon any relationship with her biological father, given that She did not want to be associated with Musk “in any way.”
What does the California transgender law say that sparked Elon Musk’s backlash?
On Monday, the governor Newsom signed the law after a controversial legislative process. According to a spokesman for the president, The law seeks to keep children safe and protect the relationship between parents and children.avoiding inappropriate intervention by politicians and school personnel in family matters.
The normative reverses decisions in conservative school districts that ordered teachers to notify parents if a student changed his or her name or if they asked to use facilities or participate in programs that did not match their official gender.
Chris Ward, a Democratic assemblyman representing San Diego, He introduced the legislation because of what he called a “growing national attack” on people LGBTQ. “Although many LGBTQ youth have supportive families, some unfortunately continue to face rejection and are exposed to serious harm “if they are forced prematurely to reveal their identity,” he said on the Assembly floor last month.
Newsom, who is seen as a potential alternative to the president Joe Biden as a Democratic candidate for the White House, has been involved in heated exchanges with conservatives in gender issues in state schools.
Last year he signed a battery of laws that impose fines on school districts that ban textbooks featuring LGBTQ people or other marginalized groups.
Source: Ambito
