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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My advice would be to do your job and not talk about your personal life. In fact, that's the advice for ALL teachers. I'm not sure why my kid's gay language teacher insists on saying things like, "That was a gay thing to say." Sexuality has no place in the classroom because it is irrelevant to the task at hand. Doubtful you will be accused of grooming anyone if you keep your personal life private. Again, that goes for all teachers, not just gay ones.[/quote]

So, no teachers should ever mention their partners/spouses?[/quote]

I cannot remember a time when a teacher mentioned or needed to mention their spouse. Good try on trying to push your agenda. [/quote]

Are you kidding? Teachers reference their spouses ALL THE TIME. It’s totally normal, as it should be. THey are humans.[/quote]

I can’t think of a single time any of my teachers or professors mentioned a spouse. My husband recalls this was very rare in his case.  In any event, mentioning a spouse is fine. Still, teachers should keep their personal lives personal. That will limit any risk. Any male teacher needs to be especially careful. My husband taught for years and worked never to be alone with a student. He also had no cause to mention his personal life. If you truly want suggestions, these will help. [/quote]

Sounds like our experiences were pretty different. I knew, generally, the marital status (and thus sexuality) of most of my teachers, at least in high school, based on passing things they said in class. It wasn’t a topic of deep discussion, and they weren’t sharing deep personal stories. They were just people living in the world, telling anecdotes to illustrate a point in class or even just making small talk.

The point is, they weren’t worried that referencing their spouse was going to get them accused of grooming children. That’s what OP and other teachers in some parts of the country are facing right now. And the idea that LGBTQ teachers will be fine and free of this sort of harassment and persecution if they just “keep their personal lives private” is absolute bad-faith BS.[/quote]

Majority of parents don’t care about your sexuality, we want ALL teachers to keep their lives private and separate home from work regardless of their sexuality. My child doesn’t need to know about someone’s wedding day or vacation at the beach whether they’re gay or straight. We want teachers to focus more on teaching and maintain professional boundaries with children because they’re children and not everyone is comfortable with their children knowing certain things at certain ages. Because you don’t know what each family is comfortable with you keep it professional and just teach the curriculum. That’s it, no chit chat, no small talks about your weekend, no asking kids about their opinions on hot button topics or anything like that, just leave everything that isn’t part of the curriculum at the door. If kids have a problem you speak to the guidance counselor privately and they deal with it appropriately and privately. The gay community gets more heat for this topic because of young inexperienced teachers filming themselves and putting it on tiktok so it becomes blatantly obvious to parents that their children are not just being taught the curriculum anymore and they begin to question what else is being taught that they don’t know about. They then find out that the public education system is in disarray and very broken and just want answers that nobody can seem to give them.  See LibsOfTikTok on Twitter [/quote]

Your list of absurd demands is rejected. Enjoy hhomeschooling.[/quote]

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