The teacher was discussing homophobia with his young class, and was shocked when the majority of the students admitted that they thought there was something wrong with being gay.
In an effort to educate his pupils on the subject – and having received prior consent from the school principal – the teacher went on to tell his class about his fiancé.
Speaking to Pink News, he revealed that the response he received from the children was overwhelming.
“The reaction was fantastic – there were a lot of gasps and shocked looks and some basic questions…but after a couple of minutes they were over it and we moved on to the rest of the lesson,” he said.
He could not have been prepared, however, for the response of one little girl who slipped him a note after class.
Her amazing letter reads:
“Dear Mr R
Even though you’re gay, I will always treat you the same way as I do now. I still think about you the same way as I used to. You’re a great teacher and these are just some of the words that I would describe you as: great, amazing, fantastic, brilliant, awesome and brave.
The reason why I say brave is because you shared a personal secret, which was very brave.
You don’t have to feel scared because I know that everyone in the class feels the same way as I do.
From A x x
PS. We are all proud of you”
Naturally, the letter, which has since gone viral online, “brought tears” to the teacher’s eyes.
