Tenn.'s 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Back and It Could Out Students to Their Parents

After dying in the House two years ago, the bill, now called the Classroom Protection Act, is back with additions such as "certain subjects are particularly sensitive and are, therefore, best explained and discussed within the home," and "at grade levels pre-K through eight (pre-K-8), any such classroom instruction, course materials or other informational resources that are inconsistent with natural human reproduction shall be classified as inappropriate for the intended student audience and, therefore, shall be prohibited." That will likely bar any teacher from even suggesting homosexuality exists.

The bill also now states that when a student approaches a teacher or counselor and confides in them that they may be gay, it is the teacher or counselor's responsibility to tell the student's parents.