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10 Ways Educators Can Make Schools Safer for LGBT Youth
We’re participating in GLSEN’s Ally Week and talking about how K-12 educators can become better allies to the LGBT youth in their schools.
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LGBTQ Students Need Representation in Textbooks — and a Whole Lot More
On the 45th anniversary of Stonewall and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, it is worth interrogating how we learn and know our histories — and the conditions that contribute to our learning environment.
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New Research Suggests Homophobia Linked to Overachieving As Well As Misery
A new study purports that gay boys in homophobic environments pour their attentions into their studies and sports instead. Why is this, and does this apply to queer girls too?
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Conservatives Can’t Handle The Reading Rainbow, “Lesbian Orgy” Books Taken Off NJ Summer Reading List
“You want to spur interest in kids reading that fits their needs, not that of people in the 1930s.”
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More Visible Than Purple: LGBT Kids and the Road to Safer Schools
I wish we were all in a room so I could say, “If you are LGBTQI, could you please raise your hand if you believe you had room to develop your identity at your preK-12 schools? Your full identity?”
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Teenaged Freaks & Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth, Hopefully That Includes Homogays
“If you’re different in school, that makes you an outsider. If you’re different as an adult, that makes you interesting, fun and often successful.”
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SMACKDOWN: Lies In “The Truth About GLSEN’s School Climate Report” from Anti-Gays
It’s tempting to look for people to blame in the wake of the terrible tragedies this past week has brought, but it’s best to resist that urge. Oh wait, no. You can blame these people.