This Parent Is Furious After Discovering Their School Outed Their 6-Year-Old Twins, Which Led To An Online Hate Campaign [Video]

Imagine you’re a parent, and you go online one day to discover that other parents in your community have been talking about your family online for an entire month, all behind your back. They’ve circulated a petition to pressure your child’s school to prevent your child from being themself and had public Facebook discussions where you discover hateful comments about your kid. And all the while, nobody thought to say anything directly to you.

Unfortunately for Mortellus, a 42-year-old parent in North Carolina, they don’t have to imagine what that would feel like because they’re living it. Mortellus and their spouse Joe have 6-year-old twins who we’ll call “Sun” and “Moon” to protect their identities in this piece. Mortellus told BuzzFeed, “While some may ask why we’re willing to show a picture including the children’s faces, it’s to remind people that we — they — are human beings, not mythical villains that …