Previously stalled legislation to limit LGBTQ+ instruction in North Carolina public schools and require teachers to out transgender kids to their parents is gaining momentum after months of inaction.
The proposal must clear one more committee before it heads to the House floor for a vote. Some Republicans expressed support Wednesday for amending it in the future to also apply to private and charter schools or to extend the curriculum restriction through fifth grade. House Speaker Tim Moore has said he’s confident the bill will pass his chamber this session.
“Children don’t have rights versus their parents,” Galey said. “Parents have the right to educate and give the world training and to provide for the physical safety of children unless the parent is abusive.” “I have lots of friends who know that if they get outed or their parents find out that they’re trans, they’ll get beat or they’ll get kicked out — my closest friends,” Rogers said. “It just makes you feel so trapped to not be able to talk about that stuff.”Art teacher Gretchen Phillips, faculty sponsor for the Gay–Straight Alliance at Orange High School in Hillsborough, has assured her students that she will not compromise their safety by outing them without consent.
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