Gay teacher and gay student
Parents outraged after California math teacher orders students to come out as lgbtq+ or lesbian
A math instructor at a California high institution left parents outraged after he ordered his students to either come out as gay or female homosexual during an activity.
Freshmen at Rancho Buena Vista Upper School were participating in an elective seminar class designed to teach them how to be socially current when they were given a diversity, equity and inclusion exercise last month.
But the teenagers - and their parents - never could have expected what the assignment would entail.
Students were given the following instructions: 'Stand in a circle. Each of you is now queer or lesbian, and you are about to start your coming out process. You cannot talk for the rest of this activity'.
The assignment prompted seven students to walk out of the classroom.
'Very uncomfortable,' James Leon, whose daughter is in the class, told NBC San Diego.
'She told me right away when she got home,' he added. 'She said, "Dad, you have to hear this."'
The activity landed the teacher along with the school district directly in hot waters after it was shared to social media.
A math educator at Rancho Buena Vista H
Every gay teacher should read this article
I am writing this piece anonymously because I wish to protect the persona of my educational facility and students, rather than myself. I hope one time anonymising won’t be necessary.
As a lgbtq+ member of the senior leadership team, I am often asked to talk with less experienced teachers who are worried that their sexuality will turn into an issue in the classroom. Sadly, as gay teachers, we often grasp to expect the usual slurs and side-glances upon first meeting students.
And it is absolutely false. If it were to happen in the street or a professional function place, we would likely file an official complaint and expect things to change as a result.
But in academy, the difference is that we are there to train our students and we accept that they do not arrive on evening one as the perfect citizen, open-minded and courteous. I am a qualified English teacher, but if the only thing I actually taught was English I would reflect on myself a needy educator.
We also instruct life-skills, manners, resilience, confidence, self-belief – the list is endless. We are role-models, whether the students want us to be or not. So how do we educate them that creature homosexual is of
‘I’m Afraid to Return to the Classroom': A Gay Teacher of the Year Speaks Out
Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr., was named the Kentucky Teacher of the Year and was honored at the White House this spring. But despite the accolades, he may not return to the classroom next fall.
Carver, who teaches high school and college-level French and English at Montgomery County High School in Mount Sterling, Ky., is on sabbatical this school year and is questioning his future as a teacher given the spate of anti-LGBTQ legislation across the nation. He spoke to Education Week about teaching as a queer man in rural Kentucky—and why recent efforts to restrict rights for LGBTQ students are perilous. This interview was edited for length and clarity.
I grew up Appalachian. There were moments of extreme poverty: no electricity, no running water. School was a place where we could consume. Having so many issues with violence, dependency, poverty, hopelessness—school was not that. School was a place of light and wish. My teachers not only expanded my world, but they injected it with light and adoration. They gave me shoes [they bought with] their personal cash.
I have about 100 first cousins. I was th
Being a gay and Asian teacher
Growing up gay and Asian in late 80s/early 90s Birmingham wasn’t easy. There weren’t any Asian role models, or gay role models that I could identify with (the exception being the iconic Madonna).
My sister and I are first generation Indian, but we very much identify as Brummies. Our whole juvenile lives, we grew up and went to schools sticking out like sore thumbs. Racism was rife; we got called every contemptuous name you could think of. Walking home from college we were often shouted at, spat at and threatened. As a brief Sikh boy in primary school, kids thoughts it was ok to grip my top knot and call me a girl.
I had the added pressure of going to an all-boys grammar school, where organism ‘out’ would command to relentless homophobic name-calling and - if caught alone - a superb beating. At the time I could just about tolerate the racism, but throwing in a dose of homophobia made my animation hell. At the day I loved Kylie, Bananarama and Medic Who (a whole other conversation - but can you think of anyone who embraces differences more?). I started writing about my gay icons in the school paper; from then on being called a ‘poofter’ became