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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — A Florida high school teacher has filed a complaint against the Deerfield Beach, Fla., school district over its handling of an investigation after a parent alleged that she had a hand in turning a student into a lesbian.
Juliet Hibbs, who is straight, was investigated last year for misconduct after the girl’s parents made the allegations to the school’s principal. Eventually, the district cleared her and no action was taken.
Juliet Hibbs
According to the district’s investigative report, the incident began last year while the student was in Hibbs’ class. The student was reportedly barraged with incendiary messages from her stepfather on her Twitter feed after he discovered the girl’s orientation, reported the Broward Sun Sentinel.
Hibbs said she reported the stepfather’s messages as child abuse and cyber-bullying.
The parents told investigators they were upset that Hibbs had not told them about their daughter’s sexual orientation, and accused her of possibly contributing to their daughter being gay.
“I was shocked by the charges” and the principal’s decision to have the district pursue the matter, said Hibbs, 47, who is now filing a case with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the school system.
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Hibbs said the complaint should have been handled by the school and she believes the district investigation was an attempt to bully her for being too outspoken on other school issues.
“My career has been ruined. Before Deerfield, I had an impeccable record,” said Hibbs, an educator for 10 years. She said she now has several medical problems from the stress of the situation that will likely prevent her from teaching.
LGBT advocates also called the charges absurd.
“A teacher doesn’t determine the sexual orientation of a student,” said Dr. Katharine Campbell, director of clinical services at SunServe in Broward County, which works with gay youth. She said teachers are there to help students find out who they are and helping them shouldn’t bring repercussions.
“I reported properly and I was charged with professional misconduct for reporting the abuse,” Hibbs wrote in a Facebook post Monday. “This was a tactic by my bullying principal.”
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wow really?
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Seriously?I wish people would educate themselves!
What crap!
if that’s the case i have a few i could blame but hell i just thank them
Rubbish
ouch..that not good
I have a gay teenager-that is impossible
Because hanging out with tall people totally makes you tall.
I’ll say here what I told a friend earlier – if we were able to be ‘turned’ gay, I would have been a lesbian a LONG time ago! Such ignorance.
I’ve heard it all now
youve got to be kidding
Smh, an we’re still trying to blame folks for homosexuality..
Yes, Teachers have an amazing ability to do that
morons.
People are so dumb.
bananas absolutely bananas
ridiculous
Hang in there.
All my friends were tall. I’m really short. My teachers were short. It HAS to be that my teachers made me short!!
Seriously, though, the fact that there was an investigation involving the teacher is absolutely absurd. Also, since when was it anyone’s obligation to disclose one’s sexual orientation?
The teacher was supportive of a student, that’s not the same thing as “turning” them gay, as if such a thing were possible. Wow. Florida.
This is just ridiculous. I wish I had someone I felt I could go to when I was in high school.
ITS GENETIC FROM THE FATHERS SIDE OF THE GENOME.ITS THE FATHERS FAULT IF ANYONES.So when all you baby fairies come out be sure to thank your daddy for his gay dna!!!!
Only thing the teacher did wrong was trust the school.
WTF?
Though, I think she’s milking it a bit much by claiming her health problems are so bad she’ll never teach again. Litigious much?
Stand your ground dear.
That’s bull. The parents just don’t want to believe it. So the teacher is the blame. The parents need to awake up and love their child. Not to make her feel bad about who she is. And stop blaming the teacher…
Jesus Christ what a bunch of fucking idiots!
Morons.
I hope she takes them to the cleaners. . .
@ Jake – That has got to be the most inaccurate attempt at information on this topic. You must be a reporter for FOX news.
*Dislike D:
yet she needs our (GLBT) support right now. that’s her trade. that’s her vocation. that’s her community. a very frightening prospect to face. (in FL)
What was the student before she was allegedly ‘turned gay’? The teacher should refrain from making any comments about this on FB.
SEXUALITY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY
omg seriously, she is a teacher and a great teacher excepts a student for who they really are, the parents need counseling or something. just because u do not want to accept that ur daughter is gay does not mean that u need to blame everyone u can think of to fill ur void of nonacceptance.
No, her parents made her gay.
The fu with Jakes comment?mlol.. It made me laugh though.
If anything, if I was in her shoes, I would sue the education system for failing me. She’s clearly ignorant.
No. The girl is gay because that is her natural orientation. No one can turn anyone gay. You are or you are not…or sometimes you go both ways. That is just how the individual was born.
BTW…I am a natural bisexual. Always have been one and always will be one. It was not a choice. No one made me attracted to both genders. I am not confused. I am 30 years old and accept my sexuality now. It was hard…but since it never went away, I’ve accepted it.
the is a lesbian because she is arrtached to girls like im arrtached to both genders i wasent forced it was natural
also i dont wont to live on this planet any more humans have failed
How did her parents make the girl gay Loraine?! She was born a lesbian. No one is to blame. And it is okay to be gay.
someone plz restore my faith in humanity cuz this shit right here is just plain sad
The parents need to grow a pair…seriously. A person is gay because they want to be or they just are. People don’t ‘contribute’ to someone’s orientation. Idiots.
Those parents need to get a life!!
Brandon, if you watch, the news reports mostly negative. Don’t allow the news to form your opinion in humanity. News builds stories from the truth. Which means, the story may have very little truth in it……
How dumb can someone be to think this teacher could “turn” someone gay. But then again, look at those that think they can “turn” a gay person straight.
Wow… we have that power? I am going to turn everyone gay :) Yeay – Especially the homophobes – LOL
Ignorance at its best here
Eric, homophobes already have homosexual tenancies. Not like your work is going to be difficult!
This is just crazy!!
LMAO!!! :-{P}
1st off… depending on the childs #age# id feel the same..even as a lesbian myself.. nothing thus far can prove being gay.. is more nature the nurture & vise versa.. some children.. tend to mimic behavior they see.. ie all these so call “gay” youngins..who eventually come to terms they arent gay..but exploring.. to figure themselves out. Would i blame the teacher.. well only and only if she exposed the child to that behavior.. if there other children in the school that are “gay” well then..you can necessarily blame the teacher…but blame the social influence the others have.. children know nothing about “being gay”.. all they know is that there different.
What utter fucking bullshit, Stacy Holland-Zigas! There are straight people in the world, and there are gay people in the world, and EVERY kid, just like every adult, has to grow the fuck up and deal with it. Nobody is going to hide every gay fuck, or even every straight sucking-face-in-public fuck from sight every time a child goes shopping with their parents. Kids don’t need to see inappropriate behavior from anyone, gay or straight, but just seeing a gay person being themselves is NOT inappropriate, any moreso than seeing a hetero person being themselves is inappropriate. I don’t like taking my kid to the McDonald’s playland while stupid fucks sit there in the kids’ area sucking face, but it’s life. And seeing that as a kid, sure as hell didn’t turn me straight! You are NOT a lesbian, you are an asshat that likes to USE other people’s lives to meet your agenda. You disgust me.
Wish I had a teacher like that… Would have made it a lot easier coming out at 14.
What the hell… I think we need more pro gay teachers, and people in general! We are who we are!
WTF??????
There are some right idiots about!!!
News flash parents: You can’t turn anyone gay, anymore than you can turn a gay person straight.
This same old tired ass crap about anyone turning anyone gay….try to come up with a new one, would you, please?
Your daughter was already gay, this is why she couldn’t tell you in the beginning. Oh the poor ignorant parents.
This would be hilarious on a sit-com. Please explain to me how this works: How is someone “turned”
These parents obviously need an education…
GET REAL.. Its them that did it… Its in their gene pool….. I bet if mom looks closer in hers or her hubbys family tree she will find othe gay or bi, lesbians in her tree ..cuzins or somewhere… and tell her to check her closets too lol
Are you serious? Maybe she’s gay of her own choice????