I don't mean to downplay those situations but I guess I just have a little more faith in parents (with obvious exceptions) and I do question why it would be part of a school's mandate to provide this safe haven. And if a parent is that close minded that they would reject their own child, how does a GSA change that? Yes it might provide that child with some support but ultimately they are going to inform their parent eventually. And besides, just being part of a GSA doesn't mean that child is LGBT, so I don't think informing parents of their participation is necessarily "outing" them to their parents.