Advocate: New bullying law could hurt gay victims
A new Utah law mandating that schools notify parents when children are victims of bullying could inadvertently reveal a students’ sexual orientation to their families, potentially exposing them to rejection, gay rights leaders in Ogden said Tuesday.
"While well intended, this new law will add to the risks for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) students," said a statement from the Rev. Marian Edmonds, executive director of the OUTreach Resource Center. It "could result in the ‘outing’ of a student and may very well be a tragedy waiting to happen."
The center is calling for new guidelines for parental notification in gender identity or anti-gay bullying cases, modeled on those in states such as Massachusetts.
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