Instinct Magazine

RSS

MI Teacher Suspended For Playing Macklemore's Gay-Friendly "Same Love" Gets Pay Reimbursed By School

Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 05 December 2012

Tags: susan johnson, suspended, reimbursed, without pay, south lyon, middle school, michigan, detroit, macklemore, same love, marriage equality, gay, same sex

Susan Johnson, the Detroit-area middle school teacher who was suspended without pay for playing Macklemore ode to marriage equality, has been reimbursed for her suspension.

FULL STORY

Add comment

UPDATE: Macklemore Responds To Suspension Of Teacher Who Played His Gay-Affirmative Song

Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 29 November 2012

Tags: susan johnson, south lyon, centennial, middle school, suspended, without pay, play, gay, lgbt, same sex, song, class, same love, ben macklemore, marriage equality, school, district, michigan, detroit, midwest, update, response

Updated Friday, 1:25 p.m. PST

Rapper Ben Macklemore has responded to the suspension of Susan Johnson, the performing arts teacher that was suspended from a Michigan middle school after allowing a student to play Macklemore's song "Same Love," which promotes tolerance.

See what he had to say after the jump.

FULL STORY

2 comments