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Girls Told to Ask for Lesbian Kiss at School

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English: New York State Route 199 in Red Hook. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Parents of children attending a Red Hook, New York , middle school are outraged after a recent anti-bullying presentation at Linden Avenue Middle School . The workshop for 13 and 14-year-old girls focused on homosexuality and gender identity . They were also taught words such as " pansexual " and "genderqueer." Parents say their daughters were told to ask one another for a kiss and they say two girls were told to stand in front of the class and pretend they were lesbians on a date. "She told me, 'Mom we all get teased and picked on enough. Now I'm going to be called a lesbian because I had to ask another girl if I could kiss her,'" parent , Mandy Coon , told reporters. Coon says parents were given no warning about the presentation and there was no opportunity to opt-out. Both the school principal and the district superintendent are defending the workshops and advis