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A gay teacher says he was forced to rign after a third party posted personal rmatn and photos of him to the school's Facebook page.

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A GAY IOWA TEACHER RIGNS AFTER BEG OUTED AND BLACKMAILED

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A teacher Iowa was forced to rign by school admistrators after a blackmailer outed him as gay on Facebook, acrdg to urt rerds obtaed by the Iowa Capal Valley Lutheran High School Cedar Falls, Iowa hired Matthew Gerhold last summer to teach mic, Gerhold was hont about the fact that he was gay, Judge Blair Bent found. In January, Gerhold rmed his supervisors that someone was tryg to blackmail him by threateng to expose pictur nfirmg he was gay to his fay and employer.

GAY TEACHER IOWA RIGNS AFTER HAVG BEEN BLACKMAILED OVER SEXUAL ORIENTATN

A gay mic teacher was forced to rign om his job at a private Christian school Cedar Valley, Iowa, after personal pictur hacked om his phone were posted to the school's social media. Gerhold said he told the school he was gay when he was hired last summer, but that their only ncern at the time was he keep his sexual inty a "secret and not pursue a relatnship" wh anyone while employed. "I wasn't the first gay man the church has done this to, and I won't be the last bee the church don't want to listen to unrstand my story or background.

GAY TEACHER FORCED TO RIGN AFTER BEG OUTED BY BLACKMAILER

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GAY IOWA TEACHER FORCED TO RIGN FROM SCHOOL AFTER BLACKMAIL ATTEMPT

A gay mic teacher at a Lutheran school Iowa was forced to rign earlier this year after someone hacked his phone and posted personal rmatn about him to Facebook. Acrdg to state rerds, he rmed school officials at the time that he was gay. He also said the school and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod as a whole see “homosexuals as a problem that mt be swept unr the g quietly and discreetly.

I wasn’t the first gay man the church has done this to, and I won’t be the last bee the church don’t want to listen to unrstand my story or background, ” he said. READ NEXTIsland Hoe Staff Says “Keep Key Wt Gay”Kylie Mogue Announc Las Vegas RincySam Smh Returns Wh New Calv Harris Dance Smash ‘Dire’Japane Pop Star Com Out as Gay. Gerhold said he told the school he was gay when he was hired last summer, but that their only ncern at the time was he keep his sexual inty a “secret and not pursue a relatnship” wh anyone while employed.

MISSOURI TEACHER RIGNS OVER PRI FLAG DISPUTE AFTER PARENT SAID THE TEACHER ULD 'TEACH THEIR CHILD TO BE GAY'

”Wallis said was an attempt to make his classroom welg to all stunts, but led to a parent plag that he “was gog to teach their child to be gay. A parent plaed about Wallis, sayg he "would potentially teach their child to be gay, " NBC News rigng, Wallis filed a civil rights plat for employment Insir's homepage for more stori.

GAY TEACHER IOWA RIGNS AFTER HAVG BEEN BLACKMAILED OVER SEXUAL ORIENTATN

I wouldn't know where else to go, '" Wallis said, acrdg to Wallis was lled to meet wh school admistrators, he was told that a parent lled the school, ncerned that Wallis "would potentially teach their child to be gay, " NBC News reported.

"Those are belief systems/iologi; whereas, me beg gay is not, rather is a part of who I am as a human.

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