This paper is a summary of a comprehensive work on the legal, social, educational, and political history of lesbian and gay teachers in U.S. society from colonial times to the present. Case law on homosexual educators is discussed, as are three major political campaigns that sought to prohibit homosexual conduct, activity or advocacy by school employees. Following a previously invisible, often depressing history of homosexual educators, remarkable advances have been made by lesbians and gay men in the past 20 years. Further research and education in this important area of social policy is needed. (DB)