Sturm: Wisdom gained after debating a Pronoun Policy as a theater company board member
By Melanie Sturm | Commentary, Substack
What would you do if the state called you an unfit parent — not for hurting your child, but for refusing to pretend your daughter is your son?
That’s the reality Colorado families could soon face under a bill advancing in the state legislature. And in Maryland, the Supreme Court is now weighing whether parents have any say at all over LGBTQ content taught in elementary school.
Policies once dismissed as fringe are ubiquitous. Silence shouldn’t become complicity.
Two summers ago, I saw where this leads — not while in a courtroom, but around a boardroom table.
I’d served on the board of a beloved theater company for over two decades. Then one day, a concerned parent forwarded me the children’s program Pronoun Policy, which required kids ...