And I believe I even said, within the article, that I realize she MAY HAVE modernized her curriculum in the years that followed, after I'd completed middle school.

My points still stand. Whether it was the Human Growth & Development Committee literally telling her, "Don't Say Gay" -- or her unilaterally approaching us with the assumption that we were all heterosexual and cisgender -- either way, it was harmful to those of us students with LGBT+ identities.