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gay/lesbian highschool teachers

just saying i don't no if this exists or not but o well. here it is again. just wondering if anybody had an out gay/lesbian highschool teacher, or a rumoured one. this isn't random tho. i heard a rumour that my math teacher's a lesbian. this was a couple days after watching that Nikki Jenny sex scene in the tent. anyway, so i hear the rumor and in class that day i almost lost it. i was like ewww wtf (still had the N/J scene in my mind) n then wondered like what does she get up to not that i wanted to no, just that was part of my chain of thought. tlw is a real mind f*ck cuz it's so out there but ne ways.... then i almost started laughing cuz she kept saying top and bottom, but was talking about numbers obv. so i couldn't think at all during that class. that's my story i guess u'd call that. anybody else??

for all of u who care at all.... i can't figure out how to spell rumo(u)r but i don't care. just saying. 

L.RollingStar's picture

Liberal High

there are several gay male teachers at my school and my english teacher is the only lesbian i'm aware of. i think everyone knows pretty much because my school is rather accepting for the most part. they definitely exist, it's just a matter of being out and stuff. by the way, that top bottom part made me smile.

 

"Even in his heart the devil has to know the water level."

petit.batard's picture

Indeed!

I went to an arts high school, so the number of queer students (lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and everywhere between) was extremely high for a high school. So it was a comfortable environment for teachers to be out too. From what I remember, an English teacher was gay and a chemistry teacher was a lesbian (at least I'm assuming gay, they only mentioned same sex partners.) There were probably more, I was just too busy paying attention to my lessons to notice; I was studious once, I swear!
mynameisjenny's picture

I went to a Catholic all-girl high school,

 rumor has it  that Miss Math and Miss Social Studies used to be lovers.  

 

stephj's picture

Small town MO

my town is full of homophobic reddnecks.... ive only heard of one rumor that the old pre algebra teacher was a lesbian which could have been cuz when she died she was like 75 and never married and awesome as can be. so i dont know. if she was she kept it hidden very well cuz knowing my town she would probly have been fired for some other lil thing they could think of.
striped_waves's picture

gay high school english teacher

my 4th year english teacher was one of the most complex individuals in that school, totally into her subject, especially shakespeare. i pretty much challenged everything she said, and challenged her as well, since i was her best student.

the result? after-class debates turned into love letters, and ended with a kiss. high school. what can i say? =) 

 

Robin91's picture

Currently in highschool...

One of my male teachers is openly gay. He even takes his boyfriend to things like school plays and stuff, it's very cute. And all the girls love it! Another male teacher is also openly gay, mentioning his boyfriend sometimes, but he's a bit more private about it. Then there's yet another gay male teacher, but I don't know him very well (and I don't like him).

 

There's only one out lesbian teacher as far as I know, my English teacher, but that's more of an open secret. I think she once mentioned she lives with her girlfriend. Then we asked our French teacher, who confirmed the English teacher is gay.

 

And ofcourse, there are the ones that are not out, but you just know there's no way they're not gay. My straight friends never agree with me. But I will find out (yeah, I'm that bored during class).

sheshe1876's picture

High school teachers

When I was in high school, there was a teacher that was rumored to be a lesbian.  Then she started spending a lot of time with one of her studens-they had to go in front of the school board about it.  Anyways, now they are together and both teach at the school. That was like 10 years ago.  And I know a couple of teachers that are gay, but none of them are out at work.
csaurin's picture

I don't think any of the

I don't think any of the female teachers that taught me in secondary school were gay, although we had an extremely camp science teacher, who must be gay, although he never discussed his private life.

At my college, I've got one very openly gay teacher, and another who we think is gay. It is an art college, so not really surprising. =)

Ah_Leah's picture

Yep. My Spanish teacher,

Yep. My Spanish teacher, freshman science teacher, and a literature teacher were all lesbian, and one of the male physics teachers was in a long term relationship with one of the male chem teachers.

And the YoungLife group constantly told us all we were going to hell.

-Ang

 

 

shortstack51's picture

Ahh young life...

...once again failing entirely.

Sorry, had some...interesting run-ins with them.

In terms of teachers...(I thought I posted here but I guess not, haha) I know there was a lesbian English teacher who left recently. She'd lived with her partner for quite some time. Currently I believe there might be one or two gay male teachers (that ping my gaydar anyway) but they aren't particularly out.

There is, however, an out lesbian math teacher who's new this year. She's a great role-model I think; there's a gay girl who I see around a lot who's generally troubled/etc. and is having a hard time with the whole high school/coming out ordeal, but the math teacher is helping her through it. It's nice to see.

High school is a very odd environment for gay people, I think. On one hand, lesbians tend to have less trouble with getting picked on (where I live anyway), but gay guys get pushed around a lot (this, of course, depends on popularity previous to coming out). Yet, straight girls seem to adore gay guys but get weirded out by lesbians. It's very odd...unless they're worried about lesbians jumping them in the hallway?

Anyway, my school is pretty good at being open/accepting (or at least tolerant) due to a strong anti-discrimination program/group that spans all grades and teachers, but there are still some issues. I think it's hard for teachers to be 'out' in the sort of environment that's cultivated in schools around here, but it's funny how quickly people get over the 'shock' when someone comes out. I think some actually realize it doesn't change a person's basic nature...

Sorry, rambling a bit. I was just thinking about it today. I intend to become a teacher myself and have been thinking about this subject a lot. Has anyone seen any teachers given problems due to their sexuality? As in, is it a big issue with students, or students' parents? Personally I don't intend to hide it when I become a teacher (bring it on, I figure), though hopefully in 5 years things will have changed for the better a bit more (one can hope).

 

"This is a tree on fire with love, but it's still scary since most people think love only looks like one thing instead of the whole world."

-Rin-'s picture

My music teacher.

It was rumoured that my grade 9 music teacher was a lesbian, it was written all over the bathroom stalls and people talked about it; but I never recieved confirmation. I transfered after grade 10, she was really creepy anyway. :]
aussiemandy's picture

speaking of music teachers

i believe that a music teacher i had for year 12 was a lesbian. She had her 'friend' who she lived with (a musician aswell) come into class when we were preparing for music exams for the HSC and she played instruments with us...anywho she was obviously a big dyke lol real butch..short spiky blonde hair she pinged my gaydar majorly.. so did my teacher lol... musical creative types lol.. everyone thought she was a lesbian..ive never confirmed it tho...

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