Ryland Grace who thought he’d have to hide who he was in his teaching career, but he quickly becomes a safe place for his LGBTQ+ students. His tiny little pride flag in a pencil holder on the desk becomes one hanging on the wall to running the school’s GSA. He has students come out to him all the time and trust him with their chosen names. He has a little trans pin on his lanyard and a GLSEN safe space sticker on the classroom door’s window. He goes from hiding his identity as a trans man to changing the lives of every queer student on campus.


















