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Gay Teacher

Schools have been at the forefront of many recent battles about discrimination in the workplace, with many gay or lesbian teachers being fired from their hard-earned jobs simply because of the bias of the school administrators and/or parents. Despite what one may hear, gay teachers are the same as straight ones: They are committed to helping their students learn. And if anything, having a diversity of identities represented at a school will help the students, not hurt them. The Advocate has everything you need to know about how gay teachers are fighting discrimination

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