Letter To Teacher Viral: See The Touching Words A Little Girl Wrote To Her Gay Teacher

Sometimes the most profound words and heartfelt gestures can come from the smallest people. One little girl recently showed why the innocence of a child is so special. Now, her act of kindness has been shared with the world and her words have gone viral. She recently penned a touching letter to her teacher who shared with the class that he’s gay.

According to Yahoo! Parenting, the teacher reportedly spoke out about his sexuality during anti-bullying week at the school. Although he had reservations about mentioning his sexuality, the nine-year-old girl definitely quelled his fears. She also explained why she felt his decision to speak out was “brave.”

Here’s the text from the heartwarming letter:

“Dear Mr R—-,

“Even though you’re gay, I will always treat you the same way as I do now. I still think about you the same way as I used to. You’re a great teacher and these are just some of the word’s [sic] that I would describe you as: great, amazing, fantastic, brilliant, awesome and brave. The reason why I say brave is because you shared a personal secret which was very brave. You don’t have to feel scared because I know that everone [sic] in the class feels the same way as I do.”

“From A x x”

“PS. We are all proud of you”

The teacher also spoke with Pink News about the heartwarming letter. He recalled how uncomfortable he’d usually feel when mentioning his sexual orientation around other faculty members. Although he hasn’t received a negative response from his colleagues, he and the principal felt it would be befitting to discuss his sexual orientation with the class during an anti-bullying lesson on homophobic bullying.

“As a primary school teacher I’d always worried about mentioning my sexuality, despite the fact that my colleagues talked about their husbands, wives and significant others all the time,” he said. “Then, as part of anti-bullying week, I’d asked who’d heard ‘gay’ being used as an insult. Almost every one of my class put their hands up. I was stunned. After speaking to my Head, who was very supportive, we agreed I could tell the class that I’m gay so they at least knew one gay person and hopefully explain that when people use that word they’re talking about me.”

Needless to say, he was quite touched by the child’s powerful words.

“The letter came a couple of days later. The little girl who wrote it gave it to me at the start of the day with all the other slips about dinner money, school trips and doctors appointments,” he recalled.

“Reading it brought tears to my eyes and it took me a little while to compose myself. When I thanked her she just shrugged and repeated something one of the boys in the class had said during the lesson, ‘It’s just your life.’ Then she went back to her maths. For my class it was a surprise sure but, to them, it was just something simple and easy to file away as another piece of information. There was no judgment, no follow up, just acceptance. Now, I can mention my fiancé as easily as any other teacher and my class know me a little better. I’ve had a lot of letters and cards over the years, but this one I know I’ll keep forever.”

[Image via Pink News]