GOP governor would veto bill that forces schools to out LGBTQ students

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu
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New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) has announced that he would veto legislation that would require schools to out LGBTQ students to their parents.

The bill would require schools to notify parents if the student joins an LGBTQ club or comes out to a teacher.

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Supporters claim that the bill would give parents more control over their children’s education.

“They don’t know my child like I do,” state Sen. Bill Gannon (R) claimed. “I’m the one responsible for them. The child doesn’t have the capacity on his own to give up whether or not he’s going to get certain medical treatment. I want to know what’s going on in my kid’s life.”

No schools in the state – or country – are forcing children to “get certain medical treatment” to be part of the LGBTQ community. The right has been using the ridiculous talking point that schools are trying to turn students transgender as part of the coordinated attack by Republicans against LGBTQ people.

“This bill is antithetical to all the work we have done…

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