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  • Middle school invites drag queens to encourage students to be themselves

    05/18/2019 6:41:48 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 38 replies
    CNN ^ | May 18, 2019 | Lauren M. Johnson
    In middle school, it's hard to be different. It's even harder if a student identifies as LGBTQ. This week, a couple of teachers at Central Park School for Children in Durham, North Carolina, decided to enlist the help of some local drag queens to celebrate the unique differences between the school's students. Taylor Schmidt, an eighth-grade teacher at the school, and his colleague, Schara Brooks, saw the impact bullying and other negative behavior was having on students in their school who identify as LGBTQ. They said students were even leaving the school because of some of their experiences. In December,...