I went to an extremely liberal high school, and a reasonably liberal college. In high school there were a number of kids who were out, experimenting, etc, and everyone was very supportive. We hypothesized that a least 25% of the faculty were gay or bisexual, and I suppose that's not surprising if the school was so pleasant towards it, so sexual minorities would choose to work there.
My sister's high school was the complete opposite. Her headmaster publicly stated at one point during her time there (1993-1996): "There have never been any gay people at this school." Then when my sister was a senior a freshman male ballet dancer* came out -- he was the first one at the school to ever do so!
*I mention that he was a dancer because this was the only reason my sister chose to go to the school -- it was well known for its dance program.
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random aside about schools' attitudes toward sexual minorities
Date: 2005-11-30 08:26 pm (UTC)My sister's high school was the complete opposite. Her headmaster publicly stated at one point during her time there (1993-1996): "There have never been any gay people at this school." Then when my sister was a senior a freshman male ballet dancer* came out -- he was the first one at the school to ever do so!
*I mention that he was a dancer because this was the only reason my sister chose to go to the school -- it was well known for its dance program.