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A headmaster is set to make 'tn history' by g out as gay durg an onle school assembly – and he knows he's gog to cry.

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HEADTEACHER TO E OUT AS GAY TO PUPILS ONLE VIO MSAGE

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A headteacher om a leadg private school is about to make tn history by g out as gay to pupils an onle Hewlett, om St Dunstan's College Catford, south London, is thought to be the first head the UK to open up about his sexualy this way. He will liver a pre-rerd vio msage to over 700 stunts on Monday, tailg how he is "happily married and gay" 41-year-old married his hband a civil ceremony 2014.

"Here I am, a happily married gay man, and alright some stunts might know this, but the vast majory probably don't, why wouldn't I share wh them, why wouldn't I be open about that? Mr Hewlett spects there are "so few openly gay heads" bee they were "ndned by the upbrgg and environment schools the neti". Sue Sanrs, chair of Schools Out UK, me out as gay back the 1960s as a drama said she felt at the time was "ccial" and says is really important that teachers feel safe to open up to stunts this way.

The first headteacher of an English state sendary school to e out as gay says he was brought to tears when his news was met by an 'eptn of applse' om 'proud' stunts. Mr Stt grew up Hebburn, South Tyni, the 1980s "when beg gay was not really talked about and very much stigmatised". He said: "I was fiantly straight and phg back agast the gay si of me and after four and a half years I found I uldn't supprs anymore and left the Navy.

HEADTEACHER WHO ME OUT AS GAY MET WH 'EPTN OF APPLSE' OM PUPILSCOL STT SAYS SCE G OUT, HIS PHONE HAS BEEN RGG NON-STOP WH LLS OM 'HUGELY POSIVE' IENDS, FAY, STUNTS, PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PRS.DAILYRERDBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYCHARL GRAYHANNAH MACKENZIE WOOD15:45, 19 JUN 2022UPDATED15:47, 19 JUN 2022BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Mr Stt began teachg the 1990s but he felt aga rtricted due to Sectn 28 of the Lol Authori Act, troduced 1988, which prohibed "the promotn of homosexualy by lol thori". Mr Stt beme the headteacher of Risedale 2016 and although many of his lleagu and the ernors knew that he was gay and had bee happily married to Drew Dalton he said he ntued to put up a "brick wall" about his sexualy and be the "social nstct of what people thk a headteacher should be". Headteacher Col Stt me out as gay to pupils at Risedale School North Yorkshire.

Mr Stt's ia behd the assembly was to teach the children that what he had been tellg them was te, and so he ved Lt Col Jim Turner, the manr of Catterick Garrison army base, who is gay, and Hanna Johnson, North Yorkshire Police’s LGBTQ+ reprentative, to speak to the children. "I then started on a path that I wasn't gog to e off and told the story of how I'd supprsed beg who I was and phed the gay si asi.

YORKSHIRE HEADTEACHER OUT AS GAY TO HIS PUPILS MOVG ASSEMBLY - AND TRODUC HIS HBANDCOL STT MA HISTORY AS THE FIRST UK STATE SCHOOL HEADTEACHER TO E OUT TO HIS PUPILS.HUDRSFIELXAMERBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYPHOEBE FULLER12:58, 14 JUN 2022BOOKMARKCOL STT IS THE HEADTEACHER OF RISEDALE SCHOOL NORTH YORKSHIRE, HE HAS RECENTLY E OUT AS GAY TO HIS PUPILS. (IMAGE: RISEDALE SCHOOL)THE LATT NORTH YORKSHIRE NEWS AND UPDAT SENT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE LATT NORTH YORKSHIRE NEWS AND UPDAT SENT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

But I said 'bee I am gay and I supprsed that and by the way, that gentleman who spoke to you first is my hband and we've been married for 14 years'.

HEADTEACHER MET WH RAPTURO APPLSE OM WHOLE SCHOOL AFTER G OUT AS GAY ASSEMBLY

Col Stt said he 'went to tunnel visn' when he began tellg the children at Risedale School that he was gay. A headteacher at a Yorkshire sendary school has bee the "first ever" UK state school headteacher to e out as gay to his pupils. Mr Stt announced that he was gay by troducg his 512 pupils to his hband, Drew Dalton.

He and Mr Stt were joed at the assembly by Hanna Johnson, North Yorkshire Police's LGBTQ+ reprentative, and Lt Colonel Jim Turner, the openly gay manr at Catterick Garrison. Mr Stt is the UK's first state school headteacher to e out at gay to his stunts.

Like Mr Stt, Mr Hewlett told his stunts at St Dunstan's College London that he is "happily married and gay".

SCHOOL HEADMASTER, SPIRED BY HIS STUNTS, TO ‘MAKE HISTORY’ G OUT AS GAY TO PUPILS ONLE ASSEMBLY

A North Yorkshire headteacher was met wh roundg applse by his sendary school when he bravely me out to them as gay, beg the UK’s first-ever out state sendary head.

BRA'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY STATE SCHOOL HEADTEACHER OUT TO PUPILS BY TRODUCG HBAND

He was part of the Royal Navy before the ban on homosexualy was lifted 2000.

The bigoted Sectn 28 legislatn, was troduced by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative ernment 1988, and banned the promotn of homosexualy by lol thori, barred LGBTQ+ stunts om seekg advice and prevented uncils om fundg LGBTQ+ iativ, was removed Stland 2000, and England and Wal 2003.

In a speech supportg that predated the passg of Sectn 28 1987 Thatcher said: “Children who need to be tght to rpect tradnal moral valu are beg tght that they have an alienable right to be gay. A headmaster Bra is set to make “tn history” by g out as gay durg an onle school assembly Monday (1 Febary) – and he knows he’s gog to cry.

YORKSHIRE HEADTEACHER MOVED TO TEARS AFTER HE ME OUT AS GAY TO PUPILSCOL STT OF RISEDALE STT MA HEADL AFTER BEG THE FIRST HEADTEACHER OF A STATE SENDARY SCHOOL TO E OUT TO HIS STUNTS ON MONDAYHUDRSFIELXAMERBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYCHARL GRAY05:00, 19 JUN 2022BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE LATT NORTH YORKSHIRE NEWS AND UPDAT SENT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE LATT NORTH YORKSHIRE NEWS AND UPDAT SENT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Nicholas Hewlett, who leads St Dunstan’s College the Catford neighbourhood of southeast London, said a nversatn wh a stunt who spoke about beg gay bolstered him to do the same ahead of the school’s LGBT+ Week. “Not long ago I was dog terviews wh the pupils, and one of them was talkg about how fortable he was about beg gay, ” Hewlett said. “Here I am as a happily married gay man, and the children do not know that at school.

“There will be kids who are stgglg wh their own sexualy and who would benef om knowg that you n be happy and gay, and I have a privileged posn to show them that. First actg headmaster to e out as gay knows ‘very few’ senr-level tors.

HEADMASTER OUT AS GAY ONLE ASSEMBLY FOR 'LGBTQ WEEK'

He knows “very, very few openly gay heads”, none of whom have e out ont of their school.

“15 years ago, I was told by a senr lleague the school I was then workg that, as an openly gay man, would be virtually impossible for me to bee a headmaster. Bra's first openly-gay state school headteacher has e out to his stunts by troducg his hband a special assembly on Stt, 54, urged his pupils to 'be whoever you want to be' as he troduced his hband Drew Dalton, a soclogy lecturer at the Universy of Sunrland, durg the assembly to mark Pri Stt's 512 pupils and their parents at Risedale School North Yorkshire did not know of his sexualy beforehand - but school ernors and staff knew of his cisn advance. Mr Stt said he had 'awe and admiratn for the young people I am rponsible for' bee they are 'acceptg of their peers’ dividual inti' and his hband were joed on the school stage by Hanna Johnson, North Yorkshire Police's LGBTQ+ reprentative, and Lt Colonel Jim Turner, the openly gay manr at Catterick Garrison.

HEADTEACHER TO E OUT AS GAY AND TRODUCE HIS HBAND TO PUPILS SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Last year, a private school head Nick Hewlett ma history when he revealed his sexualy to his pupils a virtual school head at the £18, 000-a-year St Dunstan's College Catford, south London, livered the pre-rerd vio msage to over 700, tailg how he is 'happily married and gay'. Bra's first openly-gay state school headteacher, Col Stt, 54, (pictured) has e out to his stunts by troducg his hband a special assembly on Monday Mr Stt (troduced his hband Drew Dalton, a soclogy lecturer at the Universy of Sunrland, durg the assembly to mark Pri month. That's what I had been brought up to thk and certaly the stigma attached to beg gay at the time was not a posive one society or the lol muni.

'After four years of beg the Navy, I really stggled to 'block' the gay si out of me for fear of beg ught by the thori whilst still tryg to pretend and act as a straight man. 'Whilst was legal to be gay civilian life certaly wasn't ary life and I risked beg crimalised and sent to prison had I been found out.

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