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Former students share how Tim Walz allyship to LGBTQ+ teens in the '90s changed the course of their lives

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Tim Walz was a teacher at Mankato West High School in a Minnesota suburb in the '90s and '99s .

He founded the Gay Straight Alliance in 1999 with the help of the man who is now delivering stump speeches alongside Kamala Harris .

Walz and his wife Gwen taught social studies and coached the football team at the time.

Tim Walz has been nominated as vice president of the United States .

Walz and his wife Gwen are the kind of people you would want in a position of power.

Having someone in the White House who is willing to stand up for the queer community will be the bulwark we need, Reitan said.