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Contents:
- IS OKAY FOR GAY TEACHERS TO E OUT CLASS? GAY TEACHERS LIST QUALMS, PARENTS URGE UTN
- WHAT IT’S LIKE TO COME OUT SGAPORE, WHERE GAY SEX IS STILL ILLEGAL
- 'THE STAK ARE TOO HIGH': GAY TEACHERS SGAPORE ON CHALLENG OF G OUT, AND HOW PARENTS WILL REACT
- [ST] - IS OK FOR GAY TEACHERS TO E OUT CLASS?
- GAY TEACHERS SHOULDN’T HAVE TO HI WHO THEY ARE
- GAY SGAPORE SGAPORE CY GUI
- I AM NOT WHAT THAT UNSELLOR TGHT YOU: OPENLY GAY HWA CHONG ALUMN & SCIENCE TEACHER SPEAKS OUT
IS OKAY FOR GAY TEACHERS TO E OUT CLASS? GAY TEACHERS LIST QUALMS, PARENTS URGE UTN
“I thk 's fely weird to hi stunts om the existence of gay people... ’s also important to acknowledge and teach stunts that LGBTQ+ exists and ’s NOT okay to stigmatise them,” — Sgaporeans * gay teachers singapore *
The were the ways one teacher let his stunts know they uld talk to him about lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) issu.
Followg Parliament’s repeal of S377A, which crimalised gay sex, November 2022, The Sunday Tim spoke to several tors on the challeng they face, and ncerns parents have about their children beg tght by openly gay teachers.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO COME OUT SGAPORE, WHERE GAY SEX IS STILL ILLEGAL
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Yet while teachers weled the new legal clary on nsensual sex between men, they told ST the l about beg openly gay at their school workplac are far om clear. Andrew said that while may be all right that some stunts know he is gay, he is ncerned about what uld happen if such disclosure beme more wily known.
'THE STAK ARE TOO HIGH': GAY TEACHERS SGAPORE ON CHALLENG OF G OUT, AND HOW PARENTS WILL REACT
Sgapore's Mistry of Edutn is notorly homophobic s polici regardg the hirg and ployment of openly LGBT teachers. The suatn has not changed much even after the then Prime Mister Goh Chok Tong's announcement Time (Asia) magaze 2003 that henceforth, openly gay... * gay teachers singapore *
Such wars is mon among gay teachers, given the lack of clary the l and protectns they would have at school. Another gay teacher, Darren (not his real name), said that while was clear to him that beg gay the civil service was not an issue, tors fd themselv walkg on eggshells.
He add that while stunts do not know he is gay, he is worried about parents fdg out and whether the school would fend him should they take issue. “I know that will really be great to let stunts see that this is a gay teacher, he’s jt like any other teacher.
When asked what protectns there are for gay teachers and if teachers are allowed to e out to their stunts, the Mistry of Edutn (MOE) reerated that s tn polici and curriculum rema anchored on Sgapore’s prevailg fay valu and social norms.
[ST] - IS OK FOR GAY TEACHERS TO E OUT CLASS?
“Beg gay is somethg that is very fundamental to me. “Not only did I realise that the stunts didn’t re, but they were very happy to hear that their teacher was gay.
GAY TEACHERS SHOULDN’T HAVE TO HI WHO THEY ARE
“(The stunt) was aaid the police would tell his parents he was gay and that was a no-go for me bee that should not be an obstacle to jtice, ” said John of the crimal se, which is pendg before the urts. The 34-year-old said the culture schools do not give this much attentn, but at the same time, teachers face societal prsure to keep their homosexualy unr wraps.
He said that jt as how a teacher who go clubbg on the weekends or is the midst of a divorce would not tell their stunts, beg gay is personal rmatn that teachers may not want to share.
GAY SGAPORE SGAPORE CY GUI
He said tors should not put their personal beliefs, as well as those of gay stunts, above those of relig or nservative stunts.
I AM NOT WHAT THAT UNSELLOR TGHT YOU: OPENLY GAY HWA CHONG ALUMN & SCIENCE TEACHER SPEAKS OUT
Takg a different view, mother of five Junia Tan, 44, said havg a gay teacher who was out uld strengthen the teacher-child bond bee of s honty and lead to greater unrstandg and clivy of the gay muny. “There still has to be a lot of wisdom om the gay teachers; they n’t talk about their pas jt like how straight teachers shouldn’t be talkg about theirs as well.
In 2017, I found out my teacher was gay.
“I would like if my school were ready to step and fend any stanc of bullyg and homophobia, but I really hontly n’t image that happeng. “The Mistry of Edutn (MOE) said to take down the blog post and apologise, ” he says, “I suppose an unapologetic gay man is sry for many people to ntemplate. How furiatg this mt have been for an angry homophobic parent.