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LGBTQ Iowans deserve leaders who listen
Letters from the Editor: The Gazette, Thursday, September 23, 2026Ace Rios accepted a job offer to teach music at Fremont-Mills High School in Tabor, Iowa, with staff support and a classroom already decorated for the new school year. Then a group of parents learned he was transgender, packed a school board meeting and demanded he be denied the job. The board obliged: a 2-2 tie rescinded his contract days before classes started, with no explanation offered.A qualified educator lost a job he’d alr