This is....sigh. I guess this isn't that surprising.
Sam Brinton, the non-binary former federal government official who is now facing the possibility of significant prison time, played a key role in developing a model school policy adopted in multiple states that instructs school districts to keep "unaffirming" parents in the dark about a potentially suicidal child's gender identity or sexual orientation.
Brinton, a biological male who gained notoriety for being one of the U.S. government's first non-binary officials, was recently fired from the Office of Nuclear Energy, an agency of the Department of Energy (DOE), after being charged with stealing airport luggage on multiple occasions.
Before joining the federal government, Brinton was in charge of advocacy and government affairs at the LGBTQ youth suicide prevention nonprofit The Trevor Project, where he helped craft a "Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention" in 2019 along with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the American School Counselor Association and the National Association of School Psychologists.
Because of course this guy is playing a role in the dangerous LGBT zeitgeist currently sweeping schools:
I mean you know if you have a guy who demands you call him "they" and who wears women's clothing and has a bad habit of stealing women's luggage from airport carousels...he's probably not going to be the best author of school policy for children.
And yes, it's bad:
"Disclosing a student's sexual orientation or gender identity without their explicit consent can in some cases endanger the student and at a minimum will impair the rapport developed with the professional. Through discussion with the student, the principal or school-employed mental health professional will assess whether there is further risk of harm due to parent or guardian notification. If the principal, designee, or mental health professional believes, in their professional capacity, that contacting the parent or guardian would endanger the health or well-being of the student, they may delay such contact as appropriate."
Yessir, we have the best people in the world working in our government and crafting our education policy.
