LGBTQ+ | Family | Politics
Coming Out To Your Parents Is Scary As Hell
Some parents are doing their best to make it even harder
The question of how much parents have a right to know about their children is commonly debated in the news today.
For the most part, it tends to come up when the debate rages about LGBTQ+ youth exploring their identity in school. The question tends to be whether teachers should have to inform their student’s parents about their child coming out.
Do teachers have a duty to report this to the parents? Or do they have a duty to respect the privacy of their students, letting the kids decide when they feel ready to share that at home?
We hear lots of comments and points from the perspective of the parents, but we don’t often get to hear what their children have to say about the issue. Whether that’s because the media is only highlighting one side of the story, or because the kids who want to chime in are unable to do so, I can’t say.
I figure I might as well throw my hat into the ring. I used to be an LGBTQ+ kid, after all. I have some thoughts on this issue.
If we lived in an ideal world where all parents were loving and everything was sunshine and unicorns and fluffy bunnies, we…
