This year's much anticipated "back to school" and pumpkin spice energy was dampened for LGBTQ+ families and their allies. We saw the enforcement of more than 30 new anti-LGBTQ+ education laws as students returned to school this year and it has ignited a passionate debate across the United States. These laws, often cloaked in the guise of protecting parental rights, deeply held traditions and values, or religious freedom, do so much harm to LGBTQ+ youth, their families, friends, and society as a whole.