{"id":2272188,"date":"2024-06-20T04:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-parents-should-know-if-their-child-is-gay\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T04:25:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:25:48","slug":"yes-parents-should-know-if-their-child-is-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-parents-should-know-if-their-child-is-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Parents Be Aware if Their Child is Gay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyes-parents-should-know-if-their-child-is-gay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2272188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In 1998, the narrator was publicly outed as gay by his school administrators during a meeting\u2064 with them, a police officer, and his father. This event, emotionally devastating and intrusive, played a significant role in his life and contributed to his later involvement \u200din LGBT activism and issues surrounding forced outings\u2063 in educational settings.<\/p>\n<p>California State Sen. Scott\u200b Wiener recently passed \u2063a bill banning forced outing policies in schools, emphasizing the importance of allowing transgender youths to decide when and how to disclose \u2064their identities. The bill, introduced by State\u200d Sen. Susan Talamantes Egg[\/UNCLEAR]man who had a similar experience of being outed in school, underscored the importance \u2062of \u2064privacy rights \u200cfor students.<\/p>\n<p>The narrator\u200b reflects on his own school experience where his declining academic and mental health prompted school concern, leading to the controversial meeting. Despite the severe personal impact, he acknowledges some positive outcomes, like necessary counseling. However, he critiques the broad portrayal by some activists that all parents pose a risk to their LGBT children, arguing that \u2064such views may \u2062not\u2062 be entirely based on solid data and could lead \u2062to overreactions amongst LGBT \u2062youths.<\/p>\n<p>The text also touches on the complex issue of homelessness among LGBT youths, with cited \u2064statistics and concerns\u200d about how parental homophobia and transphobia contribute to\u200d these\u2063 numbers. However, the issues surrounding \u2063accurate data collection and interpretation, as well as the legal nuances of parental reactions, suggest a more complicated picture than is sometimes presented.<\/p>\n<p>the article mentions how some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-in-tech-push-anti-semitic-bds-campaign-inside-workplace-after-israel-defended-self-from-terror\/\" title=\"Activists In Tech Push Anti-Semitic BDS Campaign Inside Workplace After Israel Defended Self From Terror\">activists work<\/a> to circumvent parental involvement in significant decisions like medical transitions for \u2062trans \u2063minors, illustrating the ongoing tension between child safety, parental rights, and activist interventions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>In 1998, I was outed as gay to my father by school administrators. It was late in the afternoon when I heard my name called on the intercom to go to the principal\u2019s office. My heart sank, and I awkwardly stood up and left the class, all eyes on me. I told one person I was gay a day before and had become consumed with paranoia that everyone else now knew. It seemed I was right.<\/p>\n<p>That day would forever change my life as I sat at the end of a large oval table with school administrators, a police officer, and my father at the other end, listening to them discuss what had been my most private secret only days before. It was a nightmare scenario, and one so many in my generation knew too well. It\u2019s why those of us who grew to become LGBT activists and politicians have been so adamant about preventing schools from repeating this behavior, known as \u201couting.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-52770284\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5534619f775d8b1f399725eb462028db fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5534619f775d8b1f399725eb462028db\"><\/div>\n<p>California State Sen. Scott Wiener <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Scott_Wiener\/status\/1801325214552494440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> on June 13, \u201cToday we passed critical legislation to ban forced outing policies and ensure trans youth can decide for themselves if, when and how to come out to their parents. Forced outing puts kids at risk of violence and homelessness. Coming out is a personal decision and no one else\u2019s business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, D-Stockton, who introduced the bill, recounted her own experience being outed in high school by school administrators, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/california-senate-passes-anti-forced-outing-bill-but-will-governor-gavin-newsom-sign-it\/ar-BB1objfE?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued<\/a>, \u201cKids have a right to privacy. That\u2019s what this bill is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you had asked 16-year-old me, I would have agreed. I was terrified of what my father might do, as he was vocally opposed to gay people and was visibly upset at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>However, looking back, the school did the right thing, even if they did it in a very clumsy way. I attended a small rural school in southern Ohio and in a class of 89 students, I was quickly falling to the lower ranks in academic performance. I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/publisher-halts-best-selling-book-after-sexual-misconduct-claims-suddenly-surface-against-author\/\" title=\"Publisher Halts Best-Selling Book After Sexual Misconduct Claims Suddenly Surface Against Author\">entered high school<\/a> at the top of my class and was viewed as a promising academic achiever well into my sophomore year until everything suddenly changed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bbf42fba54ba341bc7ebc0a1be6c2c34 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bbf42fba54ba341bc7ebc0a1be6c2c34\"><\/div>\n<p>Seemingly overnight, I became depressed and withdrawn and experienced random emotional outbursts in class. My bubbly personality grew dark, and I became defiant and disruptive. My teachers were worried, and after I had showed signs of self-harm only a few months prior, they were right to be. The truth was, I was not OK. I\u2019d been sneaking out at night to meet men I talked to online for sex. I was hiding my entire life from my family and had become suicidal under the constant stress of what being gay meant for me.<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, I was required to attend counseling and was removed from school for a week. That counseling would significantly improve my outlook and provide my father context and support. Although I never quite recovered, barely graduating second to last in my class, being forced to confront my behavior was necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the argument comes from the left-wing LGBT view that parents are inherently dangerous to their children, and the school environment is the only safe place for a child to truly be themselves. Wiener, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/jenniferoo\/2024\/06\/05\/ca-sen-scott-wieners-pride-month-rant-claims-these-are-our-kids-read-the-room-buddy-n2175073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described<\/a> parents attempting to require schools to provide necessary information about students as \u201cnasty people out there trying to harm us.\u201d He declared that all kids were \u201cour kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, most activists rely on outdated or biased surveys to make these determinations about the safety of LGBT youth. For example, many are familiar with the statistic that 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBT. This comes from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapinhall.org\/project\/voices-of-youth-count\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2015<\/a> University of Chicago survey, in which 18- to 25-year-olds were interviewed over the phone and asked about their experience with homelessness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d4c3d641691bc7a374dc59d35c8bbf5e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d4c3d641691bc7a374dc59d35c8bbf5e\"><\/div>\n<p>Another cited figure is from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trevor-Project-Homelessness-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Trevor Project<\/a>, which concluded that 28 percent of LGBT youth experienced homelessness, through an online survey that asked 13 to 24-year-olds questions like, \u201cHave you ever slept at someone else\u2019s house because you ran away?\u201d Actual numbers of minors in homeless shelters do not seem to be included in these evaluations, or any data surrounding Child Protective Services or other legal actions taken by the state due to child abuse.<\/p>\n<p>If a parent were to react violently or kick their child out of their home, that is already illegal, and there is no real data to support the claim of any real threat that would justify a policy. Lisa Phillips, head of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/residents-trapped-by-george-floyd-autonomous-zone-beg-minneapolis-for-help-following-murder\/\" title=\"Residents Trapped By \u2018George Floyd Autonomous Zone\u2019 Beg Minneapolis For Help Following Murder\">youth services<\/a> at the LA LGBT Center, admitted as much, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2023\/06\/02\/lgbtq-homeless-youths-family-rejection\/11535821002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arguing<\/a>, \u201cEven if parents don\u2019t literally kick their LGBTQ child to the curb, homophobic and transphobic treatment from parents is very traumatic and causes many young people to flee the only home they\u2019ve ever known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say, \u201cHomophobia and transphobia are child abuse. And we need to take a stand and make that a standard in our country. If our child protective systems would acknowledge that homophobia and transphobia is an issue, I think we would start to see a change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, kids are told any lack of affirmation or acceptance from their parents is essentially abuse and rejection, and they are likely to overreact and put themselves in harm\u2019s way. We also know that for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-nonprofit-fighting-underage-gender-treatments-says-theyre-being-targeted-by-unprecedented-doj-subpoena\/\" title=\"Alabama Nonprofit Fighting Underage Gender Treatments Says They\u2019re Being Targeted By \u2018Unprecedented\u2019 DOJ Subpoena\">trans-identifying minors<\/a>, especially girls, trans activists have gone to great lengths to bypass parental involvement and assist kids with so-called transition. For example, in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1555684710487048192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1555684710487048192%7Ctwgr%5Eae29c59dba1dc9d651c5e937735d9aa4d0af5241%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.cbn.com%2Fnews%2Fus%2Ftrans-activist-who-planned-ship-prescription-hormones-minors-reported-authorities-prominent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matt Walsh exposed<\/a> a trans activist, Eli Erlick, publicly promoting efforts to ship hormones to minors online.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas the risks associated with teenagers struggling with their sexuality could involve anything from depression and self-harm to drugs and anonymous sex with adults, trans teens have an entire virtual system designed to help them permanently alter their bodies and risk their health. Regardless of what activists believe is best for children, parents need to be aware of these risks and behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, separating a child from his or her parents is harmful. Parents face an uphill climb in understanding what their child is going through, more than ever with the internet consuming their child\u2019s attention. Rather than assuming parents will harm their children, the state should recognize the inherent right of parents to make decisions for their own kids.<\/p>\n<p>Practically, children need their parents to put boundaries around them, boundaries LGBT activists relentlessly work to remove. I needed adults in my life to tell me \u201cno\u201d and keep me from harming myself. While LGBT activists, and even most medical and school authorities, insist children need room to discover and express their true selves, so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brett-favre-blasts-olympics-allowing-trans-athletes-to-compete-against-women-its-a-man-competing-as-a-woman\/\" title=\"Brett Favre Blasts Olympics Allowing Trans Athletes To Compete Against Women: \u2018It\u2019s A Man Competing As A Woman\u2019\">-called gender identity<\/a> comes with a great deal of risk and harmful behaviors that cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, as someone who has experienced being a gay teenager dealing with gender dysphoria, I now understand that parents should be informed as soon as these identities become visible. Parents need to be ready to protect their kids, help them through severe emotional struggles, and keep them away from outside influences that want to isolate them. That\u2019s why kids become homeless, trapped by drugs, and involved in prostitution, and why they face such high levels of psychological distress. It isn\u2019t parents \u201crejecting\u201d them by simply being their parents and protecting them from the adult world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-30cd7d9b6c5665077cba41faf6252aae fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-30cd7d9b6c5665077cba41faf6252aae\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1998, school administrators outed me as gay to my father. That afternoon, summoned to the principal&#8217;s office via intercom, I felt my heart drop. As I stood and left the classroom, every gaze followed. 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