Texas tea party state Sen. Konni Burton (pictured with Sen. Ted Cruz) has filed legislation that would effectively require public school employees to out LGBT students to their parents.
Under Burton’s Senate Bill 242, teachers and other school employees who fail to disclose a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity to parents could face discipline, even if the student requests that the information be withheld.
(cont. NCRM)
I loved Open House at the beginning of the school year. My parents are funny, I always made a good impression on my teachers, and bringing my funny parents to meet my teachers who were just so impressed by my manners always put a little skip in my step as a bonafide teacher’s pet and Mama’s boy
So, I had no reason to believe my English teacher during one particular Open House would basically ruin my life for the foreseeable future. After telling my mom what a great kid I was and how much she loved my writing, she took a hushed tone and asked my mom if she could speak with her privately. I didn’t actually get to hear the conversation where she told my mother that there were rumors I might be a homosexual, but I did get to hear the conversation on the way home where my mom asked me if I wanted to die of AIDS and burn in Hell.
I heard variations of that conversation until I went to boarding school and the last variation I heard was on my mom’s birthday when she said all she wanted in the form of a gift was to know that I had given up my homosexual demons and come back to the Lord. By then I was in my 20s, living in NYC, and financially independent, but the first time she railed at me, I was barely into my teens, living under their roof, and sitting beside her in church every Saturday (culty Seventh Day Adventists). So, I tried to commit suicide a few times to escape her judgement every day. Luckily I was unsuccessful, but a teacher with misplaced concern basically almost killed me.
This bill is going to kill a lot of kids if it passes. If you live in Texas, write whoever you can. Save our kids.
TX Lawmaker Wants To Force Schools To Out LGBT Students To Parents
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