Letter to the editor: LGBTQ+ students deserve same representation in Mt. Lebanon

The lawsuit filed by three Mt. Lebanon mothers is absolutely irresponsible, harmful and a waste of our taxpayer dollars (“Mt. Lebanon mothers sue school district, teacher over gender identity lessons,” June 9, TribLIVE). As taxpayers, we are angry our award- winning school district will have to fight this bigotry in court. Our LGBTQ+ community has every right to receive the same representation in our curriculum as their cisgendered peers from K-12.

This lawsuit is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to undermine public education under the guise of “parental rights” and use taxpayer-funded vouchers for religious schools that actually do indoctrinate and discriminate. All of our children deserve to see themselves represented in our schools and literature.

We urge our fellow residents of Mt. Lebanon to raise your voices in support of our teachers, our school district and our LGBTQ+ community that has been vilified by a loud minority of parents fueled by right-wing propaganda.

Meredith Driscoll

Mt. Lebanon

This letter was co-signed by Mt. Lebanon residents Erin Vuono, Michele Umbrasowski, Jennifer Tieman, Missy Timko, Janine Hensler, Alex Karaczun, Marjie Crist, Jena Robbins Schieb, Tessa Watkins, Caryn Loehr, Annie Skiba, Lisa Steinfeld, Erin Weber, Jenny Lee, Nina Reynolds, Meg Frattare, Maggie Bolgert Thomas, Christy Masco, Manisha Iyer, Stephanie Fedro-Byrom, Maddi Lehman, Carla Garland Clipper and Andrea Cipriani.