Proposed Texas bill could force schools to 'out' LGBT students to their parents

A new Texas law may require public school teachers and counselors to "out" LGBT students to their parents. The proposed "right to know" law would compel schools to tell parents any information about students' "psychological or emotional well-being," The Dallas Observer reports. Republican state senator Konni Burton filed the bill in response to a local school district creating regulations that bar faculty from disclosing a student's transgender identity to their parents. "My legislation will mak...