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• FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD MICHIGAN STUNT AWOMELY STANDS UP FOR SPEND, GAY-DEFENDG TEACHER
• ON 'ELLEN DEGENER,' GAY TEEN GRAEME TAYLOR SAYS KNOWG YOURSELF IS 'BETIFUL'
• ELLEN DEGENER CHATS WH GRAEME TAYLOR, THE GAY TEEN WHO BRAVELY STOOD UP FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
• GAY RIGHTS VIOS ON FANPOP

FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD MICHIGAN STUNT AWOMELY STANDS UP FOR SPEND, GAY-DEFENDG TEACHER

When the history books get wrten and the more urageo men are separated out om the ls urageo on, 14-year-old Graeme Taylor serv a place among the openly gay teen recently addrsed a lol school board meetg Howell, Michigan, where he me to the fense of Jay McDowell, 42, a high school enomics teacher, who, the words of Taylor, "fally stood up and said somethg. " McDowell had been spend whout pay after tellg a stunt makg anti-gay remarks and another wearg a Conferate flag to get out of his class.

Buzz·Posted on Nov 22, 2010Graeme Taylor, the openly gay 14-year-old who fend a teacher wh this spirg speech at a school board meetg, was on Ellen today.

Jay McDowell, a teacher Howell, Michigan, was temporarily spend whout pay earlier this month after tellg a stunt wearg a Conferate flag and a stunt makg anti-gay remarks to get out of his class. At a school-board meetg on Friday, openly gay 14-year-old high-school stunt Graeme Taylor me to McDowell’s fense, thankg the teacher for dog “an amazg thg” a town home to the KKK, and urgg the school board to give McDowell his pay and reverse the disciplary actns. Fourteen-Year-Old Michigan Stunt Awomely Stands Up for Spend, Gay-Defendg Teacher.

ON 'ELLEN DEGENER,' GAY TEEN GRAEME TAYLOR SAYS KNOWG YOURSELF IS 'BETIFUL'

Graeme Taylor was thst to the natnal spotlight last week when the openly gay Ann Arbor teenager gave a movg speech to the Howell school board. 20 for what he judged to be anti-gay remarks, Taylor and others om the Ntral Zone drove to the school board meetg.

ELLEN DEGENER CHATS WH GRAEME TAYLOR, THE GAY TEEN WHO BRAVELY STOOD UP FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER

"Yeah, I know, " DeGener, who is openly gay, quipped back. And Taylor, 14, told the story of revealg to two iends he is gay at the age of 13.

As he emerged, he announced, "'Guys, I'm gay, ' whout really thkg about . DeGener Show, gay 14-year-old Graeme Taylor says knowg.

school teacher spend for bootg an anti-gay stunt om his. be openly gay at this age is pretty amazg, and that you're so.

GAY RIGHTS VIOS ON FANPOP

gay, '” he said. There’s nothg better than when Ellen DeGener featur a brave gay teenager on her show – a kid who cid to take a stand. She did earlier this year wh Mississippi teen Constance McMillan who fought to take her girliend to her high school prom and this week she weled Ann Arbor teenager Graeme Taylor who faced his school board and eloquently fend a teacher spend for a day after he ejected a stunt om his class for sayg he didn’t accept gays.

Ellen DeGener ntu monopolizg Ameri’s gay hero: On Monday she’ll add Michigan all-star Graeme Taylor to her list of guts, alongsi folks like Constance McMillen and Joel Burns.

Wh the help of his supportive muny he overme many of the difficulti and grew to a remarkable young October of 2010, Graeme took a stand for a lol teacher who was spend for standg up for gay and lbian stunts. He has actively sought opportuni to speak publicly about LGBT equaly and the challeng of beg a gay teen.