A new state law aimed at giving parents greater access to and control over their children’s school lives could force teachers and counselors to out gay or trans children to unsupportive families.
This is a difficult topic because there are so many reasons the school shouldn’t be making decisions for parents and then there are exceptions for vulnerable populations like the young mentioned in the previous comment. Isn’t this rule going statewide - at least that was my understanding as to why the board “saw the writing on the wall.”
My understanding is that the law explicitly directs school boards to establish these policies. So it's a state law but it's enacted by individual districts setting policy, which they HAVE to do.
I graduated from LHS in 2002. A kid I was in classes with came out to his parents and his mom, a law enforcement officer, promptly dislocated his shoulder about it. He was not removed from his home until much later, and ended up living in the teen crisis center for an extended period of time. He was such a fun person to be around, but was so sad and afraid for so long. He died just a few years later, and I put that down to all the horrific shit he went through because he was gay and his family hated him for it. Teachers at the junior high outing him to his parents would have accelerated this crisis and these policies would have kept him in physical danger for a longer period of time.
The legislature has decided that queer kids don’t deserve identities outside of what their parents demand. This is horrifying and will have a body count. I’m so heartbroken that only two members of the school board voted against implementing these policies to comply with an unjust law.
That's horrifying. I feel so sorry for that child, so angry at that parent, and I hope more children won't suffer the same way. But of course it's likely they will under this new law.
This is a difficult topic because there are so many reasons the school shouldn’t be making decisions for parents and then there are exceptions for vulnerable populations like the young mentioned in the previous comment. Isn’t this rule going statewide - at least that was my understanding as to why the board “saw the writing on the wall.”
My understanding is that the law explicitly directs school boards to establish these policies. So it's a state law but it's enacted by individual districts setting policy, which they HAVE to do.
So why even bother with a board at this point.
I graduated from LHS in 2002. A kid I was in classes with came out to his parents and his mom, a law enforcement officer, promptly dislocated his shoulder about it. He was not removed from his home until much later, and ended up living in the teen crisis center for an extended period of time. He was such a fun person to be around, but was so sad and afraid for so long. He died just a few years later, and I put that down to all the horrific shit he went through because he was gay and his family hated him for it. Teachers at the junior high outing him to his parents would have accelerated this crisis and these policies would have kept him in physical danger for a longer period of time.
The legislature has decided that queer kids don’t deserve identities outside of what their parents demand. This is horrifying and will have a body count. I’m so heartbroken that only two members of the school board voted against implementing these policies to comply with an unjust law.
That's horrifying. I feel so sorry for that child, so angry at that parent, and I hope more children won't suffer the same way. But of course it's likely they will under this new law.
Just terrible!