Gay Ohio Teacher Fired After Explaining Pride Bracelet to Students

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A gay teacher near Chillicothe, Ohio has spoken out after he was fired from his job for discussing his Pride-themed bracelet with his students. Jay Bowman has taught for 30 years. He’d been working as a substitute teacher at a Huntington Local High School classroom when several of his students asked about the bracelet he was wearing. It was a rainbow bracelet that read “First Capital Pride, a local LGBTQ+ rights organization.”

“If a kid has questions, if a kid wants honesty, I don’t think I should be forbidden from providing that,” Bowman told local TV station WSYX. “When approached by students who expressed a certain point of view, I happily slid the band off my arm, offered it to the student, and explained that First Capital Pride offered support groups for teens who may be struggling, are suicidal, are ostracized, and need support,” he told the Scioto Valley Guardian.

WSYX reports that the school district’s superintendent wouldn’t agree to an on-camera interview, but the district sent a statement. In it, the district said Bowman had violated school policy. The statement, which was addressed to “Huntington Local Schools students, staff and families,” notes that the district doesn’t “discriminate in our hiring practices.” The district adds that it does regulate what staff can discuss with students.

“It is important for you to know that our Board policies restrict staff from discussing with students certain subjects, including political, religious, and personal beliefs. This past week, we received reports with specific concerns about possible violations of those policies by a substitute teacher in the district,” the statement said. The district said after an investigation and after Bowman told them what happened that Bowman “violated board policies by speaking to students about political and religious topics, as well as distributing bracelets.”

“As a result of his violation of board policies, the district decided his services as a substitute would no longer be utilized" the district wrote.

https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/3/29/gay-ohio-teacher-fired-after-explaining-pride-bracelet-students

[ret5hd]

1. So the SAME result if he had a "WWJD" bracelet...

Right?

Right???

[myccrider]

10. Or wore a cross around the neck!?! n/t

[childfreebychoice]

2. The goal is to only have teachers who toe rethugs line of indoctrination. Thesestates really wish ga

Prochoice, union supporters, dems, minorities would move out of their states. Friends who moved to low tax Florida, are returning to md, and friend in Texas, with transitioning kid, is moving back to dc. She is moving in with her parents, while husband stays in Texas, til he can find DMV job

[Probatim]

8. The goal is to make teaching as miserable as possible.

Then when the school districts can't hire teachers, the only "solution" will be to privatize schools because "corporations are better at acquiring talent".

This after the student to teacher ratio is 75:1 and only substitute teachers are working.

It's like these school districts are working overtime to rid themselves of teachers.

Privatization of public education is one of the end goals for these leeches.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Seems like the district started the biggest discussion of all...

If they had merely let him discuss his life, it would all blow over and the kids would have accepted it.

Now all hell now all hell blows up and at least one life is ruined.

[exboyfil]

4. Mrs. Smith

Could you tell me about that ring on your finger?

Talk about opening the floodgate.


“It is important for you to know that our Board policies restrict staff from discussing with students certain subjects, including political, religious, and personal beliefs.

How do they have debate or civic classes without discussing those topics?

[SharonClark]

5. And yet, how many teachers wear crosses?

[Magoo48]

6. Chock another one up for radicalized Christians, toxic masculinity, and unchecked MAGAitis.

[Lunabell]

7. The purge.

Shameful.

[Chainfire]

9. If about half of the Republicans in the House had their way

they would fire him by burning him at the stake. Our country is rapidly changing to something dark and evil. If you listen closely you can hear the hob-nailed boots marching in the distance.