A what-were-they-thinking? story from Ohio:
A Butler County teacher has resigned after she admitted to taking a group of four female students [who are also cheerleaders] to a gay bar in Dayton. Lori Epperson worked for Butler Tech and taught Marketing at Edgewood High School.
She took the girls, who are all seniors, to Club Masque in Dayton. Club Masque is 18 and over gay bar featuring drag shows, where men dress up as woman and perform. Three of the girls are 18, one is 17. Parents who spoke with Local 12 are outraged over the incident.
One of the girls was Epperson’s daughter, and the three other girls got permission slips from their parents to attend — They’re pretty open-minded in Butler County! The bar is also in trouble for serving alcohol to minors.
Hat tip to Deadspin, which featured this great comment: “Truthfully, in a room full of gay men and high school girls, not much is gonna happen.”
on Apr 18th, 2009 at 3:43 PM
And should have been fired!! What the hell was she thinking? The parents who actually signed permission slips for that is even more ridiculous.
on Apr 18th, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Is your headline accurate? It refers to a ‘strip bar,’ but the story itself only mentions drag performance — not exactly the same thing, nor as sociologically toxic. The whole thing looks over-blown to me (no pun intended).
on Apr 20th, 2009 at 7:51 AM
Looking at the site for the bar, it appears to be a strip bar that also has drag shows. So, the headline’s accurate. The story doesn’t seem to indicate whether they were there for a drag show, to see the male dancers or to have a few drinks, so maybe “strip bar that features drag shows” was just the most efficient way to describe where they were.