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Segregation returns as New York plans first queer-only High School. Not sure how I feel about this, I guess my natural reaction is to worry that this means that other schools won't make much of an effort to teach their kids to be tolerant of other sexualities. That they're including transgender students in with this is a good thing, depending on that larger issue of whether such a school is good of course. I do wonder whether students will feel more uneasy about a school which would effectively 'out' them, after all, some of the most vulnerable students who might need a school like this are those who feel they can't come out to their family and friends, so they're stuck. I wonder if the school will offer some sort of PFLAG outreach to the parents of queer teens?

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long criticized the creation of the school. “Is there a different way to teach homosexuals? Is there gay math? This is wrong,” Long said.

Exhibit A in 'the case for why we need this school' ladies and gentlemen...