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From: anita@drux3.UUCP (HornAI)
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Subject: Re: Homosexual teachers - a serious question
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Date: Tue, 17-Jul-84 10:58:20 EDT
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My opinion on this topic is that a majority of parents should not be
able to remove a teacher purely on the basis of sexual preference,
just as they cannot (anymore) on the basis of race.  Flaunting a gay
lifestyle in the classroom may be a different story, but they're
not any more likely to do that than anyone else.  Most gays are not
queening around all the time.  Their gayness is just one aspect of
their lives.
Has anyone ever seen a German subtitled movie called "Taxi zum Clo" (sp?)
(Taxi to the Loo).  It was a sort of autobiography of the script
writer who is gay and a former teacher.  It's not the sort of thing you
want to see if you are at all squeemish about seeing a variety of
non-hetero-type sex acts.  Anyway, it was a great film.  It showed
every area of this guys life, including his teaching.  Although
the emphasis of this movie was the main character's sex life, since it
was written by a gay man it showed every aspect of his life as a normal
human being.  Anyway, my point is that if people get used to seeing
gays as people that happen to have a different sexual preference, they
won't be so freaked out about it, and having one as a teacher is an
awfully good start.
                                                   Anita