No I am not indoctrinating your child about LGBTQ+ issues

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I can't speak for all teachers but I can speak for teachers where I work. Yes we welcome all students. I work in a high school and had a 6 foot+ boy who would regularly show up in stripper heels and pumps. I was like "props to you b/c I'd break an ankle!" I've had trans students over the years and have loved seeing them thrive as they lived their lives. I've also seen a couple whose families didn't approve. They'd have to change in the bathroom before school started because parents made them wear dresses. I don't even know how many homosexual students I've taught and again I don't care. Not my business. I'm there to help any student who needs it regardless of sexual preference or gender identity. That's what it means to be an educator right? The whole sex/gender thing can get a little tricky when you teach a subject like I do. I always tell the students that they don't have to internalize or agree with what I say but they just have to know about it. I use that line all year when it comes to genetics, evolution, etc. I never have any kind of "indoctrination" agenda with my kids. Yes I just called them "my kids" because they are. I care and worry about them. They come to me for snacks. They visit me all day because for some reason they find me funny. Stop demonizing teachers. No one is trying to turn children into trans students. We just support all students.