Teacher Comes Out to Students Every Single Year

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I wanted to share this story that I found last week on the website Gay Star News. It's about a drama teacher, Emma Baldry, from England who comes out every single year to her students. She wants them to know that her room is a safe space. They can come to her if they need help and they should not feel alone.

The photo above is from the website, and I wanted to share it as my main photo on here because it's a letter that one of Emma's students gave to her. It's about feeling safe to come out because she knew a teacher that had, and that same teacher helped changed other student's minds about LGBT + men and women.

I think this is a wonderful thing that the teacher did and continues to do, and I'm sure there are a lot of other teachers that are open to their students. I only hope it will be more common, because these people can really help students when they most need it.

What do you think about Emma's story?

-Lauren Becker