More 'And this is a big part of why the law was passed'

Mercier is gay, and she believes keeping secrets about sexuality from her students’ families — if the student wants her to — is worth losing her job over. “I just want to go ahead and state that I would rather lose my job than out one of my students to their families. Being a safe person and a safe place for kids who don’t have that at home is one of the best parts of being a teacher, so, yeah, I’m not doing it. Fire me, sue me, take me to jail — I’m not doing it.”
Notice that part of the attitude is "The parents can't be trusted to think correctly, so I have to do this!"  Because parents are crap.  And because I Must Save The Kids.  Right.  There are woke teachers and administrators actually pushing kids into "I'm trans, and must start the process" with minors, without a word to the parents, and when it blows up... well, its not the teachers and admin assholes who pay the price.

And they can't understand why parents are pissed.  Or lie to themselves about why.  As various parents have said "You aren't teaching kids to read to grade level, but you have time to indoctrinate them and talk about your sex life?"