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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi everyone, I was hoping to hear your thoughts on a concern I have, and I would really appreciate your full honesty!

My wife and I will be buying a home in the Potomac/Bethesda area later this year. We are an two-mom family, and have an 8-month old daughter who will be attending whatever local public school we are districted for (hs will be Walter Johnson, Whitman or Churchhill).

While the schools in that area are great, I've also read that the parents can be very snooty and cold, and are typically on the more conservative side.

How accepting do you think the other kids, parents, teachers will be? Have you come across many other LGBTQ+ families in the area? I'm mainly just worried about teasing and her feeling like an outcast.

Any insight you provide will be much appreciated. Thank you.[/quote]
Bethesda and Potomac are very accepting.  If you've narrowed it down to these two places you've made a great choice   As for what you read, it was likely written by an east county fear monger.  There is an element in east county that actively tries to smear Bethesda and Potomac because they are trying to raise their property values. What you'll get in Bethesda and Potomac are highly educated traditional liberals who will treat you like regular people.  East county is filled with wokes who will treat you like demi-gods because they never met a minority they didn't gush over to signal their piety. [/quote]

Bizarre, go away.[/quote]

While I agree it was an odd post.. our experience with DD's friend who is LGBTQ is that it's a non issue in Bethesda/Potomac but when our kids go to an activity in Takoma the families there make a big deal out of it and make it something that is more celebrated. The families of straight friends will ask said friend about pride events and go out of their way to tell them how supportive they are. There is a difference.[/quote]

We have this same type of behavior in our north Potomac neighborhood. Groups with pride signs and flags up. As a gay woman I guess it's supposed to make me feel more welcome but it feels creepy. And it bothers me that flying flags of political belief is allowed by the hoa because they will have a hard time saying no to the next guy who decides he wants to fly an anti guy flag. They set a precedent. 
Aside from that, we have no incidents of bias. Montgo[/quote]

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