For 26 years I worked full time as an educator in my native Oklahoma. I served as a teacher, an instructional coach, an assistant principal and, most recently, as an elementary school principal. It was also 26 years ago that I began my journey as an entertainer, working as a female impersonator on the weekends. During all the time I was working at both those jobs, I was supported by both sides: gay and straight. This past year, though, when I was hired to be an elementary school principal, the hate directed at me began.