En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Gay Teacher Of The Year Fans LGBTQ Pride In Viral Photo With Donald Trump "Nikos Giannopoulos honored the LGBTQ community when he visited the White House." By Mary Papenfuss Nikos Giannopoulos “celebrates the joy and freedom of gender nonconformity” in a photo with Donald and Melania Trump. "Gay teacher Nikos Giannopoulos’ displayed his LGBTQ pride as he sported a rainbow pin and clutched a lacy fan in an official photo with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. And now the Rhode Island teacher of the year’s bold stand for LGBTQ rights has gotten global attention after the image went viral on Facebook. Giannopoulos, who teaches 11th and 12th graders at Beacon Charter High School for the Arts in Woonsocket, visited the White House with other teacher of the year winners in April. He received the photo of his moment with Trump this week and immediately posted it to Facebook. Trump has previously pledged to protect LGBTQ citizens, but members of the community have expressed concern that his administration is rolling back their civil rights in areas such as education. Giannopoulos said he wore the pin “to represent my gratitude for the LGBTQ community that has taught me to be proud, bold, and empowered by my identity — even when circumstances make that difficult.” He brought the fan that day to “celebrate the joy and freedom of gender nonconformity.” “When I met the president as Rhode Island’s state teacher of the year, I did not know what to expect,” he wrote in the Facebook post. “After a lengthy security process, we were welcomed into the Roosevelt Room where we each met Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Shortly thereafter, we walked into the Oval Office. The man seated at the desk read prepared remarks from a sheet of paper and made some comments about CEOs and which states he ‘loved,’ based on electoral votes that he had secured. He did not rise from his seat to present the national teacher of the year with her much-deserved award, nor did he allow her to speak.” He wanted to speak to the president, but none of the teachers got the chance. The teacher had wanted to tell Trump that “queer lives matter and anti-LGBTQ policies have a body count.” He also wanted to tell the president how the LGBTQ community is hurt by “politicians callously attacking our right to love or merely exist,” Giannopoulos added. But he revealed to NPR that Trump was happy for him to pose with the fan for the official photo. “Absolutely go for it,” he recalled the president saying. Trump said that he looked “very stylish” with his fan as the teachers gathered around the president, Giannopoulos told Yahoo. Giannopoulos said when he thinks of the day he met the president, he “will not remember the person seated at the desk.” He’ll remember the students he has taught and the other teachers with him that day, Giannopoulos added ―including one who presented Trump with letters from her refugee student, “pleading with him to hear their voices.” CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article suggested incorrectly that Trump was unaware the teacher wanted to pose with the fan." SOURCE: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5944c6c3e4b01eab7a2de4d2 Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterdino 32,001 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Gay teacher: cancelled Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britneyspears 497 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Self-hating gays like this are the WORST. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 All the "Gays 4 Trump" are going crazy over this photo on FB & trying to convince everyone that he is 1000% Pro-LGBTQ Rights! Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacify Him 9,073 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Incoming mess I’m getting on your nerves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 35,509 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I'm officially homophobic now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeofTeeth 1,934 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I've been annoyed for most of the day and this just made it worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
REALITY 80,310 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Did you guys not read the post? The teacher went to talk to Trump about the concerns the LGBTQ+ community has about his administration. He isn't so much supporting Trump, but telling him that LGBTQ+ rights are important and should be taken seriously. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔞𝔫𝔡...𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster34 974 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I hope that photo was intended to be comedic because there is nothing respectable about having a personality that defies the rules of being formal in modern society Also: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antichrist 9,818 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 ya'll don't even read the article & go batshit crazy when 'gay & trump' are in the same sentence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfAphrodite 1,838 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, M Monstre said: Did you guys not read the post? The teacher went to talk to Trump about the concerns the LGBTQ+ community has about his administration. He isn't so much supporting Trump, but telling him that LGBTQ+ rights are important and should be taken seriously. Yea but he wasn't able to speak to the president so Trump can spin this and say "I love the gays! See!!" Sadly no one looks for context that often anymore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drin Lon 7,875 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, M Monstre said: Did you guys not read the post? The teacher went to talk to Trump about the concerns the LGBTQ+ community has about his administration. He isn't so much supporting Trump, but telling him that LGBTQ+ rights are important and should be taken seriously. This ^ Guys you can at least read the first paragraph... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOTNebraskaGuy 19,547 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 1 minute ago, SonOfAphrodite said: Yea but he wasn't able to speak to the president so Trump can spin this and say "I love the gays! See!!" Sadly no one looks for context that often anymore None of the teachers got to speak with him... One, five, ten lay a million on me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
053Timo 1,698 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I really don't like this. Why would you express your sexuality this way? You're gay, that's fine. But is is a formal meeting just behave. My opinion tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfAphrodite 1,838 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Just now, HOTNebraskaGuy said: None of the teachers got to speak with him... I know which is sad since he wanted to but didn't get to express his concerns 13 minutes ago, En_Sabah_Nur said: He wanted to speak to the president, but none of the teachers got the chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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