She sued her rural Ohio school for banning LGBTQ+ inclusion in her classroom. Now, she is launching a nonprofit to help people like her.

She sued her rural Ohio school for banning LGBTQ+ inclusion in her classroom. Now, she is launching a nonprofit to help people like her.

A year and a half ago, a New Richmond, Ohio, teacher sued her school district after she was suspended for having books with LGBTQ+ characters in her classroom library. Karen Cahall’s complaint was dismissed in U.S. District Court in October and she is appealing the ruling to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. But she’s taking the lessons learned from that experience to launch the Rainbow Classroom Advocacy Fund. The organization, which has…