From talking to co-workers, teachers, school counselors/psychologists, and people at other agencies in the behavioral health field…
…there is a difference about trans and non-binary versus gay/bi. All the parties I just mentioned, are noticeably more forgiving/less critical in regards to parents not accepting trans and non-binary. I think the newness of the ideas versus the idea of being gay plays a role, and the age of the guardian plays a role
For example, grandparents often get kinship placement of kids taken from parents by CPS or orphaned. I have never met a grandparent guardian yet who heard about their grandkid being non-binary and didn’t say something like “what the heck is non-binary?”. Then to have it explained that they don’t feel like either gender and them not saying something like “Nooo, they’re a boy[/girl]” And for the most part I think this can go on a surprisingly long time, as long as they are supportive in every other way. Most of behavioral health is leftist, but they allow a lot of leniency on non trans and non-binary acceptance, case by case, and influenced by I think those factors
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