Irving Teachers Were Told to Ditch LGBT-Friendly Stickers. Students Staged a Walkout.
IRVING -- Students at MacArthur High School had enough. Last week, hundreds of teens staged a walkout from the Irving campus, ditching class after teachers were reportedly forced to remove stickers supporting the LGBTQ community from their doors.
The "safe space” stickers were intended to let students know that they could have open conversations about their gender identity and sexuality in that classroom, according to WFAA. Now, The Dallas Morning News is reporting that two teachers have been “removed” from the school for supporting gay and transgender pupils.
In a video posted Wednesday by community-based journalism platform Smash Da Topic, tensions were high as students milled outside the school. Some held a large pride flag and wore rainbow stickers while demanding that MacArthur respect the rights of all students.
“At this school, they told us that we couldn’t share how we feel. But do we care?” one student said.
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