When a gay male student began distributing letters at his high school alerting students and teachers to the antigay language in the school and teachers' lack of intervention, the letter was quickly confiscated. McGarry, an administrator in the central office, learned of the incident and of other incidents in which LGBT students and teachers were taunted and decided to act. With the intention of doing a study with teachers about homophobic speech, he started a series of conversations with faculty in the high school. These conversations, in which teachers reflected on their experiences, turned into a professional development experience that helped teachers understand how to stop ignoring hateful speech and to use such speech as a learning opportunity.