Response to Kristin Trudeau’s Open Letter

TruthWire responds to Kristin Trudeau: Her issue isn’t “misrepresentation”—it’s that parents saw a problem. She blames my article, but parents came to TruthWire after the school district and most of the board ignored them, as families reject harmful cultural trends.

Kristin Trudeau’s recent open letter makes repeated claims that she has been accused of teaching sex education to middle schoolers. To be clear: that has never been my assertion. What has been raised—and what she sidesteps entirely—is the question of judgment, transparency, and appropriateness when a professional counselor with certification as a sex therapist is placed in a position of authority within a public school.

No article I published claimed she was personally leading a “sex ed class.” Rather, the concern was (and still is) about the intersection of her public role in a school setting and her private practice specialization, particularly in light of the controversy surrounding Williamson County’s Family Life Curriculum and how it was implemented. Pointing out those optics is not a distortion—it is a matter of public accountability in a taxpayer-funded environment.

By reframing legitimate questions about her professional overlap into a false narrative that she was accused of teaching explicit material, Ms. Trudeau avoids addressing the very real unease many parents expressed about the Family Life Curriculum incident. That unease was not manufactured by headlines—it came directly from parents whose children were affected.

It is also important to note that criticism of a policy or a professional role is not the same as a personal attack. When parents raise concerns about who is entrusted with influence over their children in public schools, those concerns are rooted in their right to transparency and in the responsibility of the system to avoid even the appearance of blurred lines.

This is not about stigmatizing therapy or diminishing professional credentials. It is about whether those credentials—and the roles attached to them—are appropriately situated within a school environment where boundaries must remain clear. That is the conversation Ms. Trudeau’s letter avoids, and it is the one the community deserves to keep having.

Read Trudeau's entire letter here: