What if the family is fiercely anti-lgbtq and it could put the students housing security at risk. I know it’s 2024 but there are still families that throw their kids out if they come out. The trauma of being outed is also devastating. This is the child’s story to tell not mine or the schools. If parents want their kids to tell them then they need make sure the relationship they have built makes the child feel safe enough to talk to them about it.

I don’t think school staff is the appropriate group to handle this. Just like they’re mandated reporters for other things, they should be required to report something like this to the most responsible party. That could be a counselor or therapist or parents, but being able to keep that information between a teacher and student seems inappropriate.

No, teachers do not have the right to withhold information from parents ever. IF they are worried about abuse, really worried, not some ridiculous excuse based on social media activist whining, then they need to remember that they are mandatory reporters and get CPS involved. If your worry isn't enough for a call to social workers you need to tell the parents what's going on.

No. Until the child is of the age considered an adult the parents need to be informed. How can a kids not be old enough to drive/vote but they can change their gender.

Protect trans kids! Yes, even from their parents. If they’re not telling their parents but they’re comfortable being out at school, believe them that it is not safe for them to be out at home.

In this day and age I have to admit I had a knee jerk response to believe there was something cynical about your question, but seeing your responses I’m going to venture you are being honest. As someone who was outed by someone I trusted(I’m gay, reporter connection outed me, not directly or even purposefully, it was part of a larger story, but I ended up on the front page of the local newspaper and anyone who knew me recognized me) outing someone is never something you should do.

Yes, because it could result in a child being abused or their death and the most a school is gonna do is let the kid change their name and pronouns. What is there to be on the fence about

I feel it is okay. If these kids felt safe to tell the parent they would have. Outing them may put them in danger

As a parent, I would hope I’ve placed enough trust and confidence in my children to come to me with anything and we can have an open and frank conversation. However if they aren’t ready to have that conversation, I wouldn’t want it forced on them. If a child is at immediate risk of harm, then they should be reporting to social services for advice. No teacher knows exactly what is going on at home. I think this gets rapidly blown out of proportion and it’s fueled by the media and politicians.

Yes, especially if they know the parents are transphobic. Their kid comes out as trans at school thinking it’s safe, the school then tells the parents about their kid who just came out and next thing you know that kid is being kicked out of their house, forced to live on the streets, will probably die on the streets too. That’s an all too common scenario that has actually happened. It’s disgusting. You gotta be so careful outing LGBT people and especially LGBT kids.