As a gay teacher I admit that I have no idea what we can do to solve the bullying problem [View All]

that is killing our kids in small town America. The fact is that we won't be having employment protection before 2017 in those rural areas. Without that protection, you won't have many, if any openly gay teachers in those areas. Even when you have openly gay teachers and GSA's students still have problems due to the fact that one of our major religions and one of our political parties mainly exist to demonize gays. That attitude filters down. I wish I had a more positive attitude about this, but I just don't. Gay kids in small towns, be they in MS, TX, or OH and PA they face a future that is like their present. And some of them, I fear, won't make it. It really breaks my heart to say that but I surely don't see an easy solution.