Tennessee’s Anti-Drag Bill Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum
“Of course, if proponents of anti-trans legislation actually cared about children, they would rally behind, for example, sensible regulations to make sure that homeschooling isn’t being used by parents to abuse, neglect, or indoctrinate their children. They would support initiatives like those in the state of California that provide wellness centers in public schools, where any student can get mental health help and queer children can get safe and confidential guidance without fear of being outed to parents that it may not be safe to come out to. Instead, the people concerned with “saving kids” from “transgenderism” promote [politicalresearch.org] the opposite—including unregulated homeschooling and Christian schooling where possible, and attempting to control public schools where it’s not.”