Fl Gay Teacher with a Porn Past } Re-hired
A teacher in Florida, US, has been allowed to return to work after being fired because of his gay porn past.
Shawn Loftis, who starred in gay porn films under the name Collin O'Neil, was teaching at Nautilus Middle School when the principal learned of his former career, according to WPLG 10 News.
But the Florida Education Practices Commission in Orlando has now ruled Loftis can return to teaching and could even turn it into a full-time job after a two year probation period is up.
'I'm proud of my state. I was really shocked that the state of Florida was going to do this. I'm happy,' Loftis told LA Weekly.
The star of Mo' Bubble Butt and Pumping Iron says he wants to use his role as a teacher to dissuade students from making the same career choices as him.
'I can use my experiences in life to teach kids,' he said.
'The key point is that they said when you go back to the classroom and a student brings this up to you, you will be able to handle that. I thought that was highly progressive of them.'
Loftis' teacher’s certification was revoked in April, but the commission admitted his porn career was not illegal and the school did not have the right to sack him on that basis.
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