15 LGBT-Friendly Acts Obama Accomplished

In the wake of a law targeting LGBTQ+ flags in schools, a Utah teacher is sharing how he’s previously found ways to show support for queer students in his classes even when politicians have done their best to stop it.

"Way back in my first year of teaching, I was reading The Wizard of Oz in class and the words 'gay' and 'queer' came up in the book," John Arthur recounted in a video shared to Threads. "Some students started laughing and I was about to say something when my principal, who was observing in the room at the time, shook her head 'no.'"