I might be living under a rock but I also don't think that schools telling parents that their kids might be LGBTQ is as problematic at home as many think. I could actually see it doing more good than harm. Parents are often some of the most accepting yet feared from what I have seen. Once a child has that acceptance from their parents, I believe it really frees them to feel proud of who they are and being able to hide it from your home life could do more damage.
Of course, there will be situations where it doesn't work out as intended and some mother or father tears into their child about being ill or just not thinking right or any other number of inaccurate assessments. At the end of the day, the sooner someone can free themselves and be who they are in all environments, the better off they are. Teaching kids to bottle it up while outside of their school environment just isn't right (IMO)
(from the guy with no kids or experience in such a thing)
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