A student made a homophobic joke towards me(something something you’re gay) and I responded yeah that’s accurate which led to him saying wait are you really? And me then confirming. He told another student leading to second student asking if I’m gay, I said yes and redirected the conversation. Manager has warned me this is against code of conduct.
I’m now extremely paranoid! I’m still under probation and am new to education. I grew up with lots of out and open teachers and have taught at schools with lots of openly gay staff without issue. I never thought this was against any schools code of conduct so now I’m freaking out. Can I be fired for this ?
Edit:
This has blown up a bit so I wanted to say thank you for the supportive words. I was mainly feeling quite stressed about the severity of the situation and what others POV would be. As I mentioned in the comments I’m new to teaching in this country so felt blindsided at the possibility that this is the norm. It’s good to know it’s not.
I also wanted to mention I’m not terribly upset with my manager. I got the feeling she was genuinely trying to warn me as in if someone complains that there’s policy that can be used against me. This could be me trying to be positive/naive but who knows. I was mainly just sad that this was an issue at all, especially knowing this rule has applied to no one but me.
Lastly I’ll be following a lot of the advice stating to contact my union, keep a paper trail. I’m absolutely praying it ends here but I know I have to protect myself.