LGBTQ Voices in Education: Changing the Culture of Schoolingaddresses the ways in which teachers can meet the needs of LGBTQ students and improve the culture surrounding gender, sexuality, and identity issues in formal learning environments. Written by experts from a variety of backgrounds including educational foundations, leadership, cultural studies, literacy, criminology, theology, media assessment, and more, these chapters are designed to help educators find the inspiration and support they need to become allies and advocates of queer students, whose safety, well-being, and academic performance are regularly and often systemically threatened. Emphasizing socially just curricula, supportive school climates, and transformative educational practices, this innovative book is applicable to K-12, college-level, and graduate settings, and beyond.
Foreword
Kris De Pedro
Preface: Entering the Conversation: Dancing with Dragons
Veronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. Fisher
Section I Introduction: Raising Awareness: Troubling the Waters
Veronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. Fisher
Chapter One: How Old Ideas Can Help New Teachers: Support for LGBTQ Students as a Core Value
Michael Sadowski
Chapter Two: Exploring LGBTQ Issues in K-12 Education: A Dialogue with Graduate Students
Lynda R. Wiest, Cynthia H. Brock, and Julie L. Pennington
Chapter Three: Speaking of Sexuality: Teaching, Learning, and Mothering through the Questions
Veronica E. Bloomfield
Chapter Four: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Creating Spaces at the Intersection of Diversity and Controversy
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