Non-Normative Gender and Sexual Identities in Schools: - Schools Out

T: {like my teacher like um got ran out of the room crying cos they were all calling her
gay cos my best mate fancied her…
V: {Awwww!}
W: Was she fit?!
T: …nooo she isn’t! She had a nice ars but that’s about it!
V: Can’t believe it!
AM: A few of you have mentioned about teachers where there’s sort of rumours that they
may be gay, did any of you have any teachers that were actually out in school?
V: Yes.
B: Oh, I’ve got one. Um my, one of the religion teachers was outed when I was in year 10
and she got um like she got fired because she was gay teaching religion and they couldn’t
handle the fact that a lesbian could teach religion…
T: {My my RE teacher’s gay and I used to have an argument with him, saying it were
wrong cos he were Catholic and saying he were gonna be killed by God [//] he did jump
on the, did, he did [//] he’s a bit of an idiot right, he right jumped on the table with a
hockey stick saying he was the Messiah, so…
H: {One of the like dance technicians at my school like, like he in the school and he
ended up like like pastoral tutor but like he just looks gay, his shoes his (inaudible) and
also cos like he’s a dancer as well, so everyone’s kind a like, oh he’s gay and I saw him
in a gay bar and I was like well that’s sort of confirmed…
T: {inaudible}
H: …but I think what a lot of teachers do know cos like they pass comment about it, like
you see like little jokes they have.
AM: Yeah.
V: We had a lesbian…like that.
H: {Twinkle toes}
D: Thinking about a similar subject I’ve just realised as well, sorry [//] thinking about it,
there’s a few guys who cos they were bored and they didn’t get bullied or they had
nothing to do, they joined the choir and I was in the choir for a bit as well and I was like I
noticed a lot of the guys got called gay….
T: {…yeah but also like with women apparently if you like rock music you’ve gotta be a
gay woman, it’s quite sad really.