Okay…you knew the two male teachers were gay? You must be younger than I am. I grew up in a small conservative city. Looking back, I’m sure my grade 3 teacher was a lesbian. We’d always ask if she had a boyfriend. The answer was always, “No,” but she sure talked a lot about her “roommate.”
It was a small town where no one seemed to care if you were gay. It has a large gay population for a small town. No one I know experienced any discrimination. It was a great town to grow up in, in that respect.
Meanwhile, I was born and raised in a conservative city where (almost) everybody voted Conservative, but couldn’t tell you why.
Typical of conservatives. The town I grew up in always goes Liberal.