So Liverpool Pride is this weekend (August 1), and to celebrate the occasion, 31-year-old teacher Emma Baldry decided it was high time to come out to her pupils, particularly since she’d recently changed her name after entering a civil partnership.
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“Many of the older pupils started to ask what my husband was called and I had a choice to make,” she told Attitude. “Do I lie or tell the truth? I chose the latter because I’d gone through enough time living as not me, so I promised myself that now that I’ve found out who I truly am, I would never ever hide my sexuality again.”
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Well, her honesty paid off in the best way imaginable. Her admission inspired one of her students to come out, too — in a moving letter (with superior penmanship, by the way) that you can read below:
h/t: The Liverpool Echo
Clark35
*yawn* As if anyone did not know she was a professional lesbian just by looking at her.
Brian Crim
@Clark35: #IGNORANT TFOH
Brian Crim
THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY KUDOS TO HER AND THE STUDENT WHOSE LIFE SHE’S HELP CHANGE A TEACHER LIKE HER WOULD HAVE MADE MY LIFE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH EASIER TO COME OUT 11 YEARS AGO!!!!
McShane
How cool. It’s great that the student felt safe enough to come out. Knowing that you have a friend to talk to, makes a huge difference. *all the feels*
@Clark35: How’s the view from your high horse?
Clark35
I’m not ignorant or riding a high horse…I’m just telling it like it is.
Finrod
@McShane: How can he be on a horse when he’s under a bridge?
Giancarlo85
A nice and inspiring story, yet all this miserable Clark troll can do is insult the teacher. I really think Clark is still closeted. He doesn’t like hearing stories about people more brave than he is.
Clark35
Nope, I’m not closeted.
decourseydave
@Clark35:@Clark55 Of course you’re not closeted just like Miss Tom Cruise!
zanon90
@Clark35: I never heard of professional or part-time homossexuals. But I just read a comment of a full-time idiot.
Must feel good to hide behind a computer screen in your mother’s basement huh?