by Camille Paglia

About the author: Camille Paglia is a professor of humanities at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Spin the gay bottle! Pin the tail on the gay donkey! Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of American public education.

The Newton Gay Hit Parade

The prestigious Oak Hill Middle School of Newton, Massachusetts, has posted, for the edification of its 11- to 13-year-old students, the photos of 14 major gay figures of the ancient and modern world.

The purpose? To show that “it’s OK to be gay” and that “gay is good,” school officials told the Boston Globe. The female art teacher who created the bulletin- board exhibit declared, “Kids commit suicide over their sexuality; it’s up to us to take this issue...