Kentucky’s 2022 Teacher of the Year quits profession, citing homophobia.

“I have put up with these problems over the years because the benefits outweighed the cons,” Carter said, citing a need for rural students to have LGBTQ role models. “But I’ve now reached a stage where I’m starting to see that the toll on mental health is going to be such that my students are not going to be seeing a successful LGBTQ person in front of them. They’re seeing someone who is stressed out and unhappy.”

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