I am a high school teacher and I am writing about suicide prevention among LGBTQ students. I take In loco parentis very seriously. I care about my students as if they were my own children. It is not my job to judge my LGBTQ students, it is my job to teach them.
Your heterosexual teenager has a higher chance of committing suicide then dying in a car accident. LGBTQ students are already four times more likely than their straight counterparts to attempt suicide. Scientific research indicates that this is linked to homophobic attitudes and heterosexist discrimination
Utah suicide rates are skyrocketing for everyone, especially LGBTQ students.