A school principal has condemned far-right group Libs of TikTok for spreading “false and hateful claims towards LGBTQ youth” after it claimed her school offered chest binders to students without parental knowledge.
In a post about a flyer in a school hallway, the anti-LGBTQ+ social media account took aim at Leanne Kampfe, from Hopkins West Junior High School, in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
The flyer introduced health mentor and counsellor, Caroline Hickey, who’s part of organisation MyHealth, and who offered students a range of support from social media safety to LGBTQ+ advice.
In a bid to find content for its account, the Libs of TikTok contacted Hickey, posing as a gender-confused student seeking hormones.
After an exchange of texts, and the account requesting puberty blockers, Hickey responded: “If you want to come and chat we can talk about other options (like the possibility of a free binder from myHealth) and further resources that might help.”
In another message, Hickey assured “the student” – who said they did not want their parents finding out about their gender questioning – that the conversation would be confidential, unless there was a risk of them hurting themselves or someone else.
Libs of TikTok claimed the interaction showed parents weren’t being informed of students’ decisions regarding gender identity.
The account wrote, and posted online: “We wanted to know if parents at Hopkins Public Schools were made aware of the types of gender services offered to their...
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