R.I. teacher's photo displaying LGBT pride beside Trump goes viral [View all]

Shealah Craighead
Nikos Giannopoulos (left) with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.


Rhode Island’s Teacher of the Year is drawing attention for his display of LGBT pride in a photo-op with President Donald Trump.

The photo from Nikos Giannopoulos’ visit to the Oval Office in April shows the teacher wearing a rainbow pin on his suit jacket and he is casually waving a lacey black fan alongside Trump, who is smiling and seated at his desk, and a standing first lady.

Giannopoulos posted the photo to his Facebook page on Thursday. By Friday afternoon it had been shared thousands of times on social media.

His caption for the photo included three rainbow emojis and said ‘‘Rhode Island Teacher of the Year 2017 meets the 45th President of the United States. That’s all.’’

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