The “Parents’ Bill of Rights” should be renamed the “Bullying Bill of Rights.”

Yes, parents should be involved in their children’s schools. But any good in the bill the North Carolina Senate passed last week is outweighed by the harm to LGBTQ+ students.

Sen. Lisa Grafstein, D-Wake, (pictured) said, “no matter the intent, the consequence of this bill is widespread fear and concern” among students, parents and teachers.

Sen. Graig Meyer, D-Orange, a former social worker in public schools, said it will be harder for students to talk about being gay, pregnant, experiencing addiction, or in a gang.

The bill is just one more right-wing Republican ploy to win votes by targeting vulnerable young people.

It’s hard enough being a teenager. Imagine how hard it is for these teenagers.

Student suicides and depression are already up.

One Democratic legislator was moved by what a young man told a Senate committee: “You don’t have to love us, but you should protect us.”

No, they’d rather pick on you.