LGBTQ+ students feel erased as school boards ban pride flags in rural districts

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. To be clear I'm hetero-flexible ... but I've know that since I was quite young

Ergo, I've always been on the side of LGB rights, very strongly. More recently also the T part

Anyways, thanks for clarifying. I just don't know that I think disallowing pride flags in schools necessitates that anyone 'feel forgotten'. Nobody, not even a kid, HAS to view that in this way, to feel lesser, etc. It's only a symbol, and school is only one place in their lives.

Of course I think it's a shitty thing to do and can be argued to be 'not political' as you say, but I think it's a tough case to make that a school must not be allowed to restrict them, esp. not if they're also banning 'straight pride' t-shirts and red MAGA hats. I think the courts have shown they'll allow these sorts of rules as long as they're applied equally.

What I mean is if I'm picking a battle, it's probably not this one. It's probably orders of magnitude more important that the LGBTQ child is not mistreated or socially ostracized because of who they are, most importantly by their own family.