Hmm the only teacher I'm officially out to was my English teacher and the reason why was just for good grades. Seriously. She was the type of teacher that unless you wrote really personal stuff she wouldn't give you a good grade. Turns out her sister is a lesbian. In the end it's totally up to you. If kids are giving you trouble at school it's a good thing (maybe a guidance counselor?).
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I travel 'round the block
And I'm not looking to my right
I feel the glass against my cheek
And I can't see you in the light
I break my heart around this

I'm pretty sure my phys ed teacher already knows because I asked her about girl on girl sex during the health unit this semester (and she actually went into quite a bit of detail) and I think she's seen me with my girlfriend. Apart from her, I don't really think my math and french teachers know or really care. I was out to a coach too, so I'm basically only out to the teachers I'm friendly with.

I'm pretty sure a few of my teachers know. One last year I know always favors gay kids, and she did favor me right off the bat. We (me and two gay alumni) are 98% sure she is gay.
The social sciences teachers are pretty close, and one that I have never had, but is the best friend of one I have had....she acts like she knows.
My flamboyant male coach....shyeah. He's funny. We've had discussions where he gives me *knowing* looks

My english teacher from grade 10 and 11 both know because in grade 10 i wrote about it in a poem and a whole bunch of other projects (i had just come out to my mom i was extremely proud) and this year the grade 11 one because i did a presentation on queer stuff.
My math teacher from last year (gr 10) definitaly knows. Me n my best friend were both in the same class and my friend is out to everyone and outs me all the time. Well she had mentioned something to the teacher and what not and the teacher always saw us together. And one day it was a snow day and it was just me n her in class and she had asked me something about when me n my best friend met and it kinda sounded like she was asking when we started dating(we never have). And then this year i ran into her in the hall and she's like how are things going with you n H? and stuff like that it was hilarious. She still thinks we're dating.
Alot of other teachers probably know but i've had a lot of teacher's so i dunno.
~~~Fear is only a verb if you let it be.. don't you dare let go of my hand~~~

when i'm bored i just write words and connect them, sorta like a crossword puzzle, but slightly more abstract. anyways one day in my anatomy class, we had a free day and i was just writing words and my teacher came by and asked to see it to see if she could find all the words and whatnot. well i forgot that i had put lesbian as one of them and i also had queer and homo. she a lesbian, so i thought it was funny that she found those words first. lol. and my english teacher from last year should suspect cuz we had to do a peotry notebook and i wrote about questioning myself.

A few former teachers, as well as 1 current and another current as soon as she read my rant *cough* persuasive essay on why gay marriage needs to be legalized

My art teacher knows because I spend all my time in her classroom. We've talked about when I knew and all that. She knows my story. She knows C and that I'm dating her. She loves San Francisco. So there's one. I don't know about the others. I'm sure they can guess.

I don't think you need to "come out" to teachers, in general. Either they know or they don't. They're just teachers. Personal life can stay out of schooling, in my opinion.

Be yourself. 'Cause if you're busy being somebody else, who's gonna be you?

My older sister is a high school teacher, and while I've never asked her what she would do if a student randomly walked up to her and came out, I'm pretty sure the blurring of teacher/student professional lines would make her feel a bit uncomfortable. I have no doubt she would be supportive, especially if the student were seeking help, but...random pronouncements would most assuredly lead to discomfort.

If you're out on a large scale, as many others have said, it's really not going to be necessary to come out individually to instructors, much like coming out to every single one of your peers isn't necessary. Granted if there's a problem with homophobic comments being made in the class, it could help to inform the teacher that it makes you feel uncomfortable for personal reasons.

I was out on a pretty large scale during my senior year at a medium sized high school and I never found it necessary to have that special talk with any of my teachers; they knew because my classmates knew, they knew because they wrote my college recommendation letters that contained the activities I was involved in (GSA, etc), and they knew because they actually took the time to pay attention to their students and what they were passionate about and brought up during class discussions.

Overall I think it really depends on how comfortable you are with being out in a school environment and how much broadcasting you want to do. I don't think directly informing them is important, but that's just my position.

As for college....my school has been notoriously referred to as a 'dyke factory'. I assume everyone is gay, and if they aren't when they get there they will be by the time they leave. The professors can't help but know.

The first person I came out to i did through a letter and never really talked to her agian (long story) the second person was my 7th grade english teacher. She was the first one i came out to in person and the first person i really talked about it with. I sat there and cried and talked to her for well over an hour, it was really helpful. I'm also out to my history teacher from last year, the school music teacher, and i think my english teacher from last year knows that i thought something wierd about my gender last year(i didn't tell him but i told him i liked this one book because it talked about gender which is what i was thinking about a lot latly). My values teacher/gym teacher/softball coach will know soon tho because I'm probably going to come out during values because we're having a whole unit on sexual orientation and i can't keep my mounth shut for that long. lol. My latin/history teacher probably knows cuz he seems to know everything, it's a little creepy. I've found being out to teachers really helpful, i don't know how I would have gotten through middle school without it.

"gay: cheerful and lighthearted; merry." - The American Heritage Dictionary.

I've only ever come out to two teachers, my PE teacher (who is also a lesbian and recently had a civil partnership) and my old maths teacher from a couple of years ago. I was going through a particularly bad patch and she asked me if I was okay, if she could help. We have talked a lot since and she has helped immensely but for me it's still a big thing and so be careful with giving an important piece of yourself to someone! I wish it didn't make me feel so attached to her now!

Other teachers I'm close to I may come out to in time but I'm sure they already know, it just needs to come from me eventually.

- Bridge