Erin ReedJul 31
1. Anti-trans Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters, who has spent so much of his short career arguing that trans people are obscene in schools, apparently showed porn during an education board meeting. He's trying to bring "biblical values" to OK Schools. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Anti-Trans Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters Allegedly Showed Nude Women at Education Board Meeting

After years of painting LGBTQ people as sexual predators, Walter is being investigated for possible sexual misconduct.

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2. Ryan Walters built his political career by turning the state’s public education system into a far-right pulpit of his own design, fear-mongering about and bullying trans kids. Now, he may face a sexual misconduct investigation himself.
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3. During a routine meeting of the Oklahoma State Board of Education (OSBE), a television displayed “naked women” on a “chiropractic table”—this according to at least two board members, Becky Carson and Ryan Deatherage. Meanwhile, a parent was speaking to the board, according to reporting by NonDoc.

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Board members: TV in Ryan Walters' office displayed nude women during executive session

Oklahoma State Board of Education members reported seeing nude women on a TV screen in Superintendent Ryan Walters' office July 24, 2025.

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4. “Any number of people have access to these offices, you have a hostile board who will say and do anything except tell the truth, and now, ‘NonsenseDoc’ is reporting on an alleged random TV cable image," claimed Walters. When asked if this meant he was denying, he did not answer.
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5. Meanwhile, board members called for an investigation and possible disciplinary action against Walters, including a review of his teaching certificate. “Besides the shock value and the disturbance of it all and how it affected me as a woman, I think it’s the double standard,” Carson said.
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6. “I believe that Superintendent Walters should be held accountable just like we would any other school teacher, which means at this point—based on other things we’ve looked at in executive session—we would probably pull his (teaching) certificate and put him on his own list,” Deatherage said.
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7. Walters has since doubled down, casting himself as a martyr to the political cause of conservatism. “As I lead the charge for a bold overhaul of education in Oklahoma,” he wrote in a public statement, “it’s no surprise to face politically motivated attacks.” kfor.com/news/supt-wa...

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8. Walters continues to maintain ties with anti-rights groups and actors, with an especially nasty penchant for targeting trans youth. He put “Libs of Tiktok” aka Chaya Raichik, a right-wing extremist influencer, on a state library committee despite the fact she has no professional credentials.
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