Conservative republican California school board member gender transitions. Most of her constituents object [View all]

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In Escondido, a school board member changes her name but not her politics | KPBS Public Media

https://www.kpbs.org/news/education/2025/09/15/in-escondido-a-school-board-member-changes-her-name-but-not-her-politics



On Aug. 5, when the Escondido Union High School District board held its monthly meeting, longtime boardmember Carol Durney introduced herself during roll call.

“I was elected to this board in November 2014 as Bill Durney, and reelected in 2018 and 2022,” she said. “This year, I have come out as a transgender woman and I've changed my name to Carol Durney.”

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Eight of the 10 people who spoke during public comment in August called for Durney to resign from the board.

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“The voters voted for you as a man, and now you have become a fraud trying to become something that you are not,” Higuera said.

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“I still have mainly conservative beliefs,” Durney said. “I am definitely not happy with what the current administration is doing, especially with transgender people. But still, I've always been more of a conservative Republican.”