A 19 old #Texas teacher was fired for attending #Houston #drag show at the historic Hamburger Mary's #LGBTQIA bar and posting about it on her personal social media
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-drag-show-teacher-texas-18262402.php via @Chron
#homophobia
(edit: corrected, 19 years teaching not 19 years old) 🤦🏼♀️
Thanks to the 14th Amendment people have the right to associate with whomever they choose. And that includes politics, and it applies to the workplace. Gender & sexuality aren't politics, but religious right wingers have made them political. So teachers have the right to go to drag shows on their off-time, right?
Except, the GOP & the Federalist Society have reshaped our laws and judiciary in many regions so that to some significant degree, that right no longer applies if the private employers have religious opinions.
Kit O'Connell
Frances Larina