{"id":62848,"date":"2022-05-19T07:40:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=62848"},"modified":"2022-05-26T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T22:10:34","slug":"in-midwestern-schools-lgbtq-teachers-face-discrimination-hate-and-their-own-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/in-midwestern-schools-lgbtq-teachers-face-discrimination-hate-and-their-own-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"In Midwestern schools, LGBTQ teachers face discrimination, hate and their own fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63048\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MinTeacherProtest23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MinTeacherProtest23.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MinTeacherProtest23-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\nThe national debate about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellmind.com\/what-does-lgbtq-mean-5069804\">LGBTQ<\/a>\u00a0issues in schools has come to the Midwest. In the wake of the passage of Florida\u2019s so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-politics-and-policy\/floridas-dont-say-gay-bill-actually-says-rcna19929\">don\u2019t say gay<\/a>\u201d law, more than a dozen other states \u2013 including Missouri,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/des-moines\/2022\/03\/03\/kim-reynolds-iowa-bill-trans-girls-womens-sports\">Iowa<\/a>, Tennessee and Ohio \u2013 have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/04\/10\/1091543359\/15-states-dont-say-gay-anti-transgender-bills\">proposed similar legislation<\/a>\u00a0aimed at limiting how teachers discuss topics of gender identity or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>Based on my own experience, that of my collaborator Steven Gill, and our initial research, teachers in the Midwest are having experiences similar to those\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glsen.org\/research\/2019-national-school-climate-survey\">elsewhere around the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We have both faced invalidating, even scary, obstacles in our journeys as out queer educators, and we have seen our queer and trans students suffer as well.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Our stories<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>For me, being a faculty sponsor for the school\u2019s gay-straight alliance student group was both heartwarming and heartbreaking. I started my career at an urban school serving a high-poverty population in Nebraska in 2001 and found that the school\u2019s GSA membership was just a handful of students.<\/p>\n<p>During my first year as a volunteer sponsor of the group, another teacher was invited by the official sponsor to one of our meetings and showed a video of people claiming to be \u201cformer gays.\u201d He then pulled out a Bible and had a discussion with the students about how who they were was a sin. The official sponsor, a school counselor, smiled throughout and let him continue speaking.<\/p>\n<p>I fought back tears of anger as I heard students say, \u201cI know I\u2019m going to hell, but I can\u2019t control how I feel and I\u2019ve tried not to be gay, but it\u2019s impossible.\u201d I was furious that this was allowed to happen in what was supposed to be a safe and affirming space in a public school where this type of proselytizing should not be allowed. I watched as all the confidence and self-esteem drained from the students.<\/p>\n<p>When I became the official sponsor, I ensured that teacher would not be allowed back to speak to the group. Later, he told a lesbian teacher he was praying for her soul. Twenty-one years later, he is still at that school \u2013 in a leadership role.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I left in 2011, students were out and proud as allies and as a part of the LGBTQ community. While I won\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leoadambiga.com\/tag\/national-education-associations-virginia-uribe-awards-for-creative-leadership-in-human-rights\/\">two national awards<\/a>\u00a0for my work there, neither was acknowledged by my school.<\/p>\n<p>I witnessed students being disowned when they came out while also being rejected by religious shelters. There were many suicide attempts and countless mental health crises, and grades would drop as a result of bullying and harassment by teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>I have always been out as a queer woman, and many students thanked me for that. But I was told that two other teachers called me a \u201cdyke\u201d in the staff lounge because I participated in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glsen.org\/day-of-silence\">Day of Silence<\/a>\u00a0to support LGBTQ rights. Some students told me they were praying for my soul around the flagpole. A parent accused me of turning his child gay because they went home with a rainbow ribbon and he threatened to follow me home and show me \u201cwhat a real man is.\u201d The school had two visits by the infamously homophobic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220511203230\/https:\/\/www.godhatesfags.com\/\">Westboro Baptist Church<\/a>. Its members held signs across the street saying \u201cGod hates fags\u201d and tried to distribute literature to our students as they left the school building.<\/p>\n<p>My collaborator Steve Gill reports, \u201cI\u2019m a current middle and high school social studies teacher who is out as nonbinary, and queer, to my students, and my school system. When I was going through elementary, middle, and high school and college I had no out queer or nonbinary or transgender teachers, or any type of representation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This caused me feelings of isolation and loneliness, as I did not have close queer icons or representations to look up to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In adulthood, as a teacher, I firmly and confidently tell students \u2018I am Coach Gill, I go by &#8220;Coach\u201d because I am nonbinary. I am also Black and Queer.\u2019 I choose to be out despite the discrimination I have faced, continue to face, and will face in the future. I choose to be out because\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantlarsonproductions.com\/blog\/representation-of-lgbtq-youth-in-education-and-media\">representation does matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the people in my community to know that LGBTQ people exist in everyday jobs, not just as famous celebrities. I have students who come out to me because I am a safe space. I know of students who have been kicked out of their homes, misgendered, and they are mocked and ridiculed for being out at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Our survey and what the preliminary results fo<\/strong>und<\/h4>\n<p>Our research shows that we are not alone. Many schools in the Midwest are places where queer and trans educators cannot thrive and do their jobs without fear or hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>We posted a preliminary survey on social media, seeking teachers in the Midwestern states of Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota. Out of the 45 educators who responded, 12 place their identities in the broad spectrum of LGBTQ community. But just four of them are out in their schools.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"block headline-block\"><strong><span class=\"block-inner\">Many Midwestern LGBTQ+ school staff are not out at work<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"block description-block\"><span class=\"block-inner\">An online survey of school staff in Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota, yielded 45 respondents. Of those, 12 identified themselves as LGBTQ+, but just four reported having told co-workers about their sexual identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63050\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/many-midwestern-lgbtq-school-staff-are-not-out-at-work23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/many-midwestern-lgbtq-school-staff-are-not-out-at-work23.png 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/many-midwestern-lgbtq-school-staff-are-not-out-at-work23-250x136.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While our initial survey data is limited to these 45 respondents, the results are not surprising given our lived experiences and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glsen.org\/research\/2019-national-school-climate-survey\">other research into schools\u2019 treatment of LGBTQ people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But our experiences and those of our survey participants are being lost as lawmakers restrict what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/04\/10\/1091543359\/15-states-dont-say-gay-anti-transgender-bills\">teachers can and cannot say in the classroom<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtmap.org\/equality-maps\/sports_participation_bans\">how students can and cannot participate in school programs,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2021\/10\/school-districts-have-begun-banning-pride-flags-as-political-speech\/\">what symbols teachers can and cannot have in their classrooms<\/a>. We plan to conduct more research to better understand how schools can participate in making the future more fair and just for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong> Ferial Pearson is Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Nebraska Omaha<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national debate about\u00a0LGBTQ\u00a0issues in schools has come to the Midwest. In the wake of the passage of Florida\u2019s so-called \u201cdon\u2019t say gay\u201d law, more than a dozen other states \u2013 including Missouri,\u00a0Iowa, Tennessee and Ohio \u2013 have\u00a0proposed similar legislation\u00a0aimed at limiting how teachers discuss topics of gender identity or sexual orientation. 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