Inspired by queer artist David Wojnarowicz's strategies of witnessing anger and truth-telling in art education, this author modeled his dissertation, "My Self-Education As A Gay Artist" (1996) on Wojnarowicz's work. Check states that Wojnarowicz inspired him to think beyond the closet and acknowledge and incorporate the realities of violence and "throw-away" queer people in his critiques. This author contends that "war zone" appropriately describes many queer people's experiences living in a violent and homophobic culture, but has yet to be fully addressed as a framework for looking at queer lives and issues in art education literature. In this paper, Check calls for a national response to end the outright discriminations experienced by queer art educators within university and public school settings.