Edutors fear the wave of anti-gay laws threaten the supportive environments they try to build for LGBTQ stunts
Contents:
- PARENTS REPORT GAY ART TEACHER FOR "INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVR THE CLASSROOM" AFTER SEEG A PHOTO OF HIM AND HIS HBAND ON HIS DK
- GAY ART TEACHER WANTS STUNT REMOVED FROM CLASS AFTER BIGOTED PARENTS TRY TO GET HIM FIRED
- ‘HURTFUL AND SULTG’: FLORIDA TEACHERS REACT TO THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
- ‘I’M AAID TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM': A GAY TEACHER OF THE YEAR SPEAKS OUT
- FEATURED STORI
- ARE AMICS DISPROPORTNATELY GAY?
- A GAY ART TEACHER WHO WAS SPEND FOR SHOWG STUNTS A PHOTO OF HER WIFE WON A $100,000 SETTLEMENT OM THE SCHOOL
- A SCHOOL BOARD ADMTED IT SPEND A GAY ART TEACHER FOR SAYG JASPER JOHNS HAD A MALE PARTNER
PARENTS REPORT GAY ART TEACHER FOR "INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVR THE CLASSROOM" AFTER SEEG A PHOTO OF HIM AND HIS HBAND ON HIS DK
A gay teacher is harassed by a stunt’s parents and wish to have the stunt removed om their class. * gay art teacher *
Reddor GayTeacherman was ught off guard and put on the fense when a set of parents monized his personal life. “If they don’t want their son to be your class bee you are gay then they need to be adults and tell the school to swch his class stead of sendg you hateful, homophobic emails.
He’s ncerned Florida’s recent ntroversial “don’t say gay” bill is dangero, hateful legislatn that pos many risks to LGBTQ youth the state. “Don’t say gay” also grants parents the right to sue for damag and attorney fe if a school district don’t rolve their plat about a child’s tn, which sentially forbids discsn of LGBTQ issu or inti.
GAY ART TEACHER WANTS STUNT REMOVED FROM CLASS AFTER BIGOTED PARENTS TRY TO GET HIM FIRED
* gay art teacher *
”McCracken characterized the bill and py-t legislative efforts spreadg other parts of the US as part of a war on gay cvil rights igned by Republins and is eply ncerned about the negative impacts of the bill on stunts and teachers. “As a gay man, I fd both hurtful and sultg. It’s hurtful, bee I don’t believe there’s anythg appropriate about my life as a gay man, ” he said.
‘HURTFUL AND SULTG’: FLORIDA TEACHERS REACT TO THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
I believe that I’m a good teacher and have posively impacted stunts and that me beg gay not only hasn’t been trimental to their learng, but has probably been helpful for a lot of people – not only LGBTQ+ stunts, but other stunts as well who see that I’m willg to live my life openly and that I believe everyone should be able to live their life wh digny and rpect and we should be treatg each other like fellow humans. Florida Republin state senator Dennis Baxley, a sponsor of the bill, remarks on the state senate floor, ma claims of a big uptick the number of children g out as gay and amed the bill as a rponse to that.
‘I’M AAID TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM': A GAY TEACHER OF THE YEAR SPEAKS OUT
“This bill, for me, is a sign of pure hatred, ” said Javier Gomez, a high school senr at iPrep Amy Miami, Florida, and print of his school’s Gay-Straight Alliance club. I knew that I was gay at five years old. We’re beg left fensels whout the support we need and we are ntug to face homophobia om our ernment.
”Proponents of the “don’t say gay” legislatn are manufacturg smear mpaigns support of expandg the bills to other stat, cludg claims that Disney is attemptg to “sexualize our children” as part of a progrsive LGBTQ agenda.
The accatns have been promoted by Chris Rufo, a rightwg thktank fellow who leaked vios of Disney executiv, claimg Disney has a “not so secret gay agenda” is jt a few weeks after Disney faced cricism om employe and the LGBTQ muny for refg to make a statement opposn to Florida’s don’t say gay bill. Rufo prevly worked as a fellow for the Claremont Instute, which has a troublg rerd of anti-gay polics and phg for nversn “therapy”.
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“I’m gay too so this hs me doubly hard, ” said Jean Eckhoff, a history teacher of middle school and high school stunts Live Oak, Florida, for 17 years.
ARE AMICS DISPROPORTNATELY GAY?
Proponents of the bills are flamg homophobic hate and chippg away at civil rights of the LGBTQ muny unr the guise of helpg stunts and parents.
A GAY ART TEACHER WHO WAS SPEND FOR SHOWG STUNTS A PHOTO OF HER WIFE WON A $100,000 SETTLEMENT OM THE SCHOOL
" The new law, dubbed by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, do not go to effect until July 1. 'Say Gay! ': Stunts at SWFL high schools raise voic agast Parental Rights Edutn billMore school news:Southwt Florida stunts react to 'Don’t Say Gay' walkoutFlorida bans math textbooks:Lee, Collier schools to ply wh state's rejectn of 54 math textbooksArt teacher tells stunts she is pansexual, rerds showAcrdg to rerds obtaed by The News-Prs, Stt told school vtigators that she was spired to e out to her stunts and teach them about var pri flags after she had told her fay she was pansexual the day prr.
Alexanr Gay Artadm2021-06-09T20:31:18+01:00. By the next school day, Gls says his stunts were llg him homophobic slurs.
Edor’s note: A prev versn of this article said that Gls is gay, but he is not.
A SCHOOL BOARD ADMTED IT SPEND A GAY ART TEACHER FOR SAYG JASPER JOHNS HAD A MALE PARTNER
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Unbeknownst to both of them, the club was actually a GSA or Gay Straight Awarens/Alliance Club n by the art teacher. Some of the children intified as non-bary, bisexual and gay. He spoke to Edutn Week about teachg as a gay man ral Kentucky—and why recent efforts to rtrict rights for LGBTQ stunts are dangero.