“Well, from 1969 to 1984, until he died of AIDS, a teacher and I were very good friends. He even attended celebrations at my home, and I have to admit I even went with him to gay bars once in a while. So I know a homophobe when I see one. Pat Buchanan ain't no homophobe, believe me.” KnowsBelieveWellsHomeTeacherGayDiedVery GoodScaryAidsBarsCelebrationBelieve In MeGood FriendVery Good FriendsHomophobes Author:Ezola B. Foster
“So long as the mental and moral instruction of man is left solely in the hands of hired servants of the public--let them be teachers of religion, professors of colleges, authors of books, or editors of journals or periodical publications, dependent upon their literary incomes for their daily bread, so long shall we hear but half the truth; and well if we hear so much. Our teachers, political, scientific, moral, or religious; our writers, grave or gay, are compelled to administer to our prejudices and to perpetuate our ignorance.” IfsMenWellsLongBookHandsPoliticalLeftReligiousHalfMoralTeacherIgnoranceCollegeGayPrejudiceGravesIncomeBreadServantDependentEditorsProfessorsInstructionJournalCompelledPublicationDaily Bread Author:Frances Wright
“I had been brought up in an elementary school where, my first few grades, I remember being specifically told that my teachers were gay. I was just that age and that was just how it was, and my parents were very... You know, that's how I was raised. Like super-progressive.” KnowsFirstsAgeSchoolRememberParentTeacherGayRaisedGradesProgressiveElementary School Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“I remember having a grade-school teacher I thought was a hard-ass. When you're that age, you think the guy is Himmler. Then you visit him eight years later and he's wearing polyester pants, he's four foot eight, you think he's gay, and you're like, 'Are you the guy I was afraid of?” ThinkingYearsHardAgeSchoolRememberGuyTeacherFourFeetGayEightAssGradesPantsSchool TeachersGrades In SchoolHimmler Author:Jon Stewart
“If you're a teacher, for instance, there are ways to have positive representation of gay people in the classroom. Making sure that, historically, people are noted and archived, and that kids are getting just positive images of people who are gay.” PeopleIfsWayKidsTeacherGayInstanceClassroomRepresentationGay PeoplePositive Image Author:Amy Ray
“All drama teachers are very effusive, very emotionally open, very big, and gesticulate a lot, and are very physical. Those people don't work in banks and they don't work for pharmaceutical companies. They teach drama, or they may be theatre directors. That's why I love people who are openly gay in theatre, because they have license to do what they like, and there's a kind of artistic liberal tolerance thing that goes on.” PeopleKindTeachTeacherDramaGayTheatreToleranceArtisticPharmaceutical Author:Steve Coogan
“My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me.” MenArtTeacherGayMentorJuniorsGay MenJunior HighArt TeacherGreenwichGreenwich Village Author:Gus Van Sant
“My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the 'Village Voice' and describe his life, but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar.” MenArtShowsVoiceTeacherGayVillageMentorJuniorsSubversiveRadarGay MenJunior HighArt TeacherGreenwichGreenwich Village Author:Gus Van Sant
“I've always known I was gay, but it wasn't confirmed until I was in kindergarten. It was my teacher who said so. It was right there on my kindergarten report card: PAUL IS DEFINITELY GAY AND HAS VERY GOOD SENSE OF SELF.” SaidSelfKnownTeacherGayVery GoodCardsReportsGood SenseSense Of SelfKindergartenReport Cards Book:Boy Meets Boy Source: Boy Meets Boy
“LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. That includes marriage.” MatterLawSupportTeacherRightsPolicyCitizensGayEqualDeserveSoldierLgbtLoved OnesColleaguesCitizenship Author:Hillary Clinton