Maryland school district caves to Trump and adopts forced outing policy

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Maryland school district caves to Trump and adopts forced outing policy to expose LGBTQ+ students

https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/maryland-school-forced-outing 🔗

Jacob Ogles (20 Aug 2026)

A school district in Maryland has given in to Trump administration demands to out students' sexual orientation or gender identity if revealed at school but not at home, regardless of the student's wishes.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell, in a letter to school personnel, said the district would amend its "Safe and Inclusive Environments for LGBTQ+ Students" regulation. Under the amended regulation, parents and legal guardians of a student will have access to all of the student's records, files, documents and other materials maintained by the schools.

Bedell said the change was prompted by the administration's threat to withhold federal funding and its assertion that protecting student privacy at the expense of keeping families informed violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

"As made clear by these amendments, no policy, guideline, or practice may limit or otherwise interfere with parental rights under FERPA, and this includes any information maintained in education records that relates to gender identity, transgender status, sexual orientation, preferred name, or preferred pronouns," Bedell wrote.

[Laura Squirrel]

I swear to the Flying Spaghetti Monster....

WILL YOU GUYS STOP BOWING DOWN TO THESE PEOPLE?! FIGHT BACK!

I swear...living in this country is so maddening and depressing.

[tammy753]

These people won't be satisfied until we are drug out in the streets and stoned.

[Laura Squirrel]

These people won't be satisfied until we are drug out in the streets and stoned.

Well, when homeboys come knocking on my door, they will be greeted by someone who has snapped, gone totally feral, and will NOT go anywhere alive.

[tammy753]

Well, when homeboys come knocking on my door, they will be greeted by someone who has snapped, gone totally feral, and will NOT go anywhere alive.

You will give them what they want.

[Lori Dee ✅]

These people won't be satisfied until we are drug out in the streets and stoned.

Well, I can't say I have never been drugged out in the streets and stoned. But that was a long time ago.

Oh, wait...
Grammarly is telling me that the correct usage is "dragged out in the streets"...

Well, that is something else entirely.

Nevermind.

[Devlyn ✅]

Well, I can't say I have never been drugged out in the streets and stoned. But that was a long time ago.

Oh, wait...
Grammarly is telling me that the correct usage is "dragged out in the streets"...

Well, that is something else entirely.

Nevermind.

Submitted without comment...

[Laura Squirrel]

You will give them what they want.

Well, let me put it to you like this:

A): Dying while fighting back would be a far more noble death, in my opinion.
B): Going with THIS would still achieve the same result. BUT it is probably going to screw people up way more, since they would be thinking that they could help in some way. (Even though I know that they couldn't do anything at all to help in this situation.) I mean, who the hell would hide me somewhere when this goes full-tilt Anne Frank? None of them. They would just be as dismissive as always.

[tammy753]

Well, I can't say I have never been drugged out in the streets and stoned. But that was a long time ago.

Oh, wait...
Grammarly is telling me that the correct usage is "dragged out in the streets"...

Well, that is something else entirely.

Nevermind.

Are you saying I am grammar challenged? Should I be offended?

[Lori Dee ✅]

Are you saying I am grammar challenged? Should I be offended?

No, not at all.

My saying I was drugged and stoned was incorrect... or better, off-topic. Not what you meant.

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