Nothing in your article suggests the counselor "told her she was a man" or encouraged it in any way. Sounds like you wanted the counselor to tell her she was full of and needed to get over it. I'm sure that would have been great for her mental health.
Didn't blame the parents. It's not uncommon for kids to speak to counselors/teachers about subjects they're uncomfortable telling their parents about.But by all means, go ahead and blame the parents.
Where does it say the suicide attempt was a hanging? Now you're just making up. Maybe you should wait for more info before taking cues from alt-right trolls on Twitter and rushing to hyperbole. If the kid wanted the counselor's help with communicating and reenforcing their new iden y, that's still acceptable under privilege.Also, if we're going to argue over what basic counselor/student privilege is, a suicide attempt that occurred during school isn't counselor/student privileged. You can't honestly be serious that the kid's 1st attempt to hang herself shouldn't be disclosed to the parents due to counselor/student privilege
Further, the counselor had no problems telling other teachers and faculty about the new name this girl would be adopting. You don't get to claim privilege over information you're busy gossiping about with the school's staff.