Have you had any gay teachers, especially ones that were/are open about it?

my history teacher at school mr Drayson he was in his 40's everyone suspected he was gay I really wanted to come out to him but afraid people would find out . Last year I spotted him in Manchester in a bar and i went up and spoke to him had a few beers together said he was glad I chickened out as the school had a homophobic attitude .

 

Yep, my biology teacher in high school. He is loved by everyone.

 

We had one that was not married, had no kids & still lived with his Mom, he was in his 50's as well, so not really sure

 

I had an English teacher in eight grade who was gay, and I don't think very many people cared. He was just like every other teacher. Some people loved how he taught, some hated it. His sexuality was never an issue.

 

I'm very lucky to have LOOOAAADSS of gay and lesbian teachers at my school - I would say about a quarter of the staff are gay . We have 3 deputy heads at my school, and two of them are gay and lesbian! I get on with both of them very well, and wish that I had the courage to tell them, but I have left now so will probably never get the chance, unless I bump into them at some point!

 

The advisor for our GSA was an out & proud lesbian. There was also the professor from my poetry writing class. He just had effeminate speech patterns and hand gestures. He has a wife but my gaydar sure went off. He also made a point of featuring gay poets in class.

 

My old history teacher basically outed himself when me and a group of friends ran into him while going to cinema. He's generally rather feminine, but he turned to the guy he was with nervously and was like 'Err... This is my... guy-friend...'. I think we all got the picture.

 

By the way, thank you for asking this question This is all very very reassuring to me that I can embrace who I am when I start teaching high school students. One question that I have though (and I don't mean to deviate attention away as it's on the same subject): In this day and age, parents are quick to blame if their son/daughter is doing poorly in school and I don't know why but something inside of me feels like parents would have an issue with it if they found out their son/daughter had an openly gay teacher. Did any of y'all's parents have an issue with it or did they just not care as long as an education is received?

Sorry again if I'm "highjacking" this thread, I'd just though that since it's on the same subject, it'd be okay.

 

I had a teacher who was gay but not exactly out - he was a bit campy, enough to make people suspect but not enough to make it blatantly obvious. He very sadly died and it was only at his funeral that it was confirmed to me and my friends that he'd been in a long term monogamous homosexual relationship.

 

It never really got back to my parents, so I can't really be a judge personally. But I think if you are in a reasonably liberal school, such problems wouldn't occur.

 

I had a college professor who was a lesbian, and she was one of my favorite professors. She made really boring subjects kind of interesting. We're still cool and Facebook friends today.

 

Very interesting thread, since I'm studying to become a teacher for biology and chemistry.
I myself had no openly gay teacher nor did I or do I know of one, but there were 1 or 2 that we students suspected to be gay. One female math teacher was constantly rumoured about or called a lesbian because she was really butch und tough (in summer she came to school on a Harley). However she was married and had twins (a boy and a girl) that went in my class (not even this stopped the rumours...). On the boy a had a crush for some time and the girl is now an out lesbian.

I'm not sure if I'm going to be out and open about me being gay once I start teaching, but all I read on here really encourages me on my way.


PS: HuskyPup, ILIKECATS: perhaps we should form a club for future LGBT* teachers

 

My sixth grade health teacher was a "suspected" lesbian. She got fired after our school year since it was suspected that she went into the girl's locker room a little too much.

But this is just a theory, folks.

 

I always thought that the gym teacher that I had 4 years ago was gay. Well, she's married to a guy but if she would ever find out that she's a lesbian...I WILL BE THERE.

 

I'm surprised to see how many people have had gay teachers, especially ones who were open about it.

I think my psychology teacher is perhaps gay, since we were discussing human sexuality in class once, and he gave an example of attractions, where he put himself into a same sex senario. Nobody asked any questions regarding it. It would be neat if he is, he's my favourite teacher besides my music production instructor.

 

I did, it was my French teacher. It was pretty obvious and surprised no one because he talked really feminine. But he made a huge deal out of it. Used up a complete class for his coming out. He told us how he got harrassed by students who knew. He got chosen as gay man of the year on some tv show without him knowing and he told us about him sueing them and all. And how his boyfriend got stuck in jail on some island or something. Pretty dramatic, I really felt for him.

But of course I wouldn't show too much empathy because I wanted no one to know my secret.

 

I had a gay history teacher who was 21 at the time. He was great at school, but then our relationship hit a new level outside of school. No I did not see him...my older brother did. Now, they're married and I sometimes call him by his professional name on family outings and vise versa just to tick him off. But then he started called me by my birth given name and I stopped that pretty quick. Other than that, he was out at school, but kept the fact that he was dating my brother unknown. He said that he'll tell everyone after I graduate next school year. Right now, he's just my brother-in-law. It's pretty cool to have him as a teacher and a friend, most of the time...

 

I've had teachers that I suspected were gay...but none openly, that I know of. I really wish I did; gay people were invisible throughout my life other than on TV, no gay family members, friends, teachers, anything.