Safe Spaces: Making Schools and Communities Welcoming to LGBT Youth
November 2nd, 2011
ISBN 0313393680 (ISBN13: 9780313393686)
Safe Spaces: Making Schools and Communities Welcoming to LGBT Youth is the first book to offer a comprehensive view of the complex lives of LGBT youth of all ages, from kindergarten through college. Drawing on a wealth of research collected from first-person accounts of students, family, educators, and community members, the authors not only chronicle the struggles of LGBT youth but also describe models of inclusive school and community environments.
Sexuality Matters: Paradigms and Policies for Educational Leaders
October 15th, 2009
ISBN 1607094185 (ISBN13: 9781607094180)
Sexuality Matters brings together scholars from a variety of epistemological perspectives to explore the multiple ways in which sexuality does indeed matter in the arena of public education. This book is arranged into three main thematic areas: Policy and Activism, Curriculum and Pedagogy, and Identity and Lived Experiences, each of which explores specific ideas and challenges found within the corresponding topic. The special features of this collection include a focus on the implications of sexuality for educational leadership as well as a multi-perspectival approach to the exploration of these concerns. This text will prove to be especially useful both to scholars who prepare future educational leaders and to practitioners who are seeking ways to deal with the complex social realities of their communities.
Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities
February 2nd, 2018
ISBN 1469636212 (ISBN13: 9781469636214)
Although the LGBT movement has made rapid gains in the United States, LGBT people continue to face discrimination in faith communities. In this book, sociologist Jonathan S. Coley documents why and how student activists mobilize for greater inclusion at Christian colleges and universities. Drawing on interviews with student activists at a range of Christian institutions of higher learning, Coley shows that students, initially drawn to activism because of their own political, religious, or LGBT identities, are forming direct action groups that transform university policies, educational groups that open up campus dialogue, and solidarity groups that facilitate their members' personal growth.
100 Questions and Answers About Gender Identity
December 30th, 2017
ASIN B078QV3TH2
This simple, introductory guide answers 100 of the basic questions people ask about transgender people in everyday conversation. The questions come from interviews with transgender people who say these are issues they frequently get asked about or wish people knew more about. It has answers about identity, language, religion, families, work, school, laws and documentation. This guide is for people in business, education, religion, government, medicine, law and human resources who need a starting point for learning or teaching more about transgender people.
Education
Reading the Rainbow: LGBTQ-Inclusive Literacy Instruction in the Elementary Classroom
April 27th, 2018
ASIN B07D1F31Y2
Drawing on examples of teaching from elementary school classrooms, this timely book for practitioners explains why LGBTQ-inclusive literacy instruction is possible, relevant, and necessary in grades K–5. The authors show how expanding the English language arts curriculum to include representations of LGBTQ people and themes will benefit all students, allowing them to participate in a truly inclusive classroom. The text describes three different approaches that address the limitations, pressures, and possibilities that teachers in various contexts face around these topics. The authors make clear what LGBTQ-inclusive literacy teaching can look like in practice, including what teachers might say and how students might respond.
Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education
March 3rd, 2003
ISBN 1891792105 (ISBN13: 9781891792106)
As any teacher or parent knows, adolescence is a time when youth grapple with the question, "Who am I?" The answers don't always come easily. Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability often complicate this question for youth, affecting their schoolwork and their relationships with teachers, administrators, and peers. Adolescents at School gives educators, administrators, community leaders, counselors, social workers, health-care professionals, and parents a glimpse into the complex "identities" adolescents negotiate as they manage the challenges of school. The book contains the perspectives of teachers, researchers, and administrators and adolescents themselves who explore what it means to be a middle or high school student in the United States today.
Your Rights as an LGBTQ+ Teen
May 1st, 2017
ISBN 1508174385 (ISBN13: 9781508174387)
Each chapter in this comprehensive title provides resources for teens encountering interpersonal or systemic mistreatment at home, school, work, and in their community. The text lays out their legally recognized rights in these contexts, providing information about how to make use of existing laws. Also included are strategies for meeting needs not currently recognized as legal rights, drawing on past and contemporary struggles for equality. Accessible and engaging, this title provides LGBTQ+ youth with the tools to protect themselves, participate safely in the activities they care about, and to make societal change.
One Teacher in 10: LGBT Educators Share Their Stories
March 1st, 2005
1555838693 (ISBN13: 9781555838690)
From the director of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) comes a new collection of accounts by openly gay and lesbian teachers who tell about their struggles and victories as they have put their own careers on the line to fight for justice. Kevin Jennings is the founder and executive director of GLSEN. He lives in New York City.
Celebrating Difference: A whole-school approach to LGBT+ inclusion
May 30th, 2019
ASIN B07M8YDH7W
Celebrating Difference is an inspiring handbook for LGBT+ inclusion, aimed at all primary and secondary teachers and leaders. Written by Shaun Dellenty, internationally celebrated lead in LGBT+ inclusion in education, it is filled with practical advice to enable schools to bring about organizational change to ensure the safety, success, mental health and wellbeing of all pupils and staff. This ground-breaking book examines the roots and impact of identity-based prejudice in schools, drawing on Shaun's own experiences of homophobic bullying and his subsequent career as a teacher and school leader.
Working with Your School to Create a Safe Environment
August 15th, 2017
ISBN 1508174350 (ISBN13: 9781508174356)
This informative title offers students in grades seven to twelve practical ideas for working with teachers, parents, administrators, and other students to make their schools safe and welcoming for LGBTQ+ students. From forming Gay- Straight Alliances or similar clubs to organizing Pride days and working to support LGBTQ+-friendly policies and legislation, readers will learn concrete steps they can take to prevent bullying and make their schools safe and welcoming for everyone. For LGBTQ+ youth as well as their straight allies, this book offers a sensitive and detailed approach to ending LGBTQ+ bullying in schools.
Bullying in Schools: A Professional Development for Educators
November 21st, 2012
ISBN13 9781301601714
Bullying in Schools: A Professional Development for Educators examines the impact of bullying on K-12 schools and communities. The chapters of the book are written by students, parents, teachers, administrators and community members; thus, the book provides real discussions about the problem of bullying. Each chapter contains reflective questions to guide the reader to a broader understanding of the challenges of bullying and how to address bullying. The book also contains video links to further engage the reader through these reflective processes. The book was reviewed by educators before publication.
School Climate Change: How do I build a positive environment for learning?
September 8th, 2014
ASIN B00O0ZX83W
Students and educators today face obstacles to student achievement, well-being, and success that are above and beyond traditional instructional and assessment concerns. From low school morale to bullying to shootings, school climate has become a national and global concern. Research overwhelmingly indicates that a positive school climate promotes cooperative learning, group cohesion, respect, and mutual trust—all of which have in turn been shown to improve the learning environment. In short, a positive school climate is directly related to improved academic achievement at all levels of schooling.
How to Transform Your School into an LGBT+ Friendly Place: A Practical Guide for Nursery, Primary and Secondary Teachers
March 3rd, 2018
ISBN 1785923498 (ISBN13: 9781785923494)
Currently teachers don't receive the training or induction they need to make their school an LGBT+ inclusive environment. This can be seen by the fact that half of schools do not teach anything regarding LGBT+, and only 3% include LGBT+ content in two or more subjects. This book will help transform your school into a safe and inclusive place for all students. Written with Educate Celebrate!, an Ofsted and DFE recognized 'Best Practice Award Program, this book gives teachers, governors and other staff the knowledge, strategies and confidence they need to implement a curriculum that is inclusive for all.
Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School
June 4th, 2007
ISBN 0520252306 (ISBN13: 9780520252301)
High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are brilliantly explored in this smart, incisive ethnography. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, Dude, You're a Fag sheds new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. C. J. Pascoe's unorthodox approach analyzes masculinity as not only a gendered process but also a sexual one. She demonstrates how the "specter of the fag" becomes a disciplinary mechanism for regulating heterosexual as well as homosexual boys and how the "fag discourse" is as much tied to gender as it is to sexuality.
Becoming Visible: A Reader in Gay and Lesbian History for High School and College Students
April 1st, 1994
ISBN 1555832547 (ISBN13: 9781555832544)
Covering two thousand years and a wide range of cultures, this history reader brings gay men and lesbians out of hiding and into the classroom.
The Gay Teen: Educational Practice and Theory for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adolescents
April 5th, 1995
ISBN 0415910951 (ISBN13: 9780415910958)
Written by and for gay and straight educators, The Gay Teen explores gay student adolescence from discursive, practical and theoretical perspectives. The volume introduces and sensitizes educators to the complexities of gay identity and sets forth some of the issues facing gay youth in high schools. Contributors survey "gay-friendly" curricula in a number of subject areas, including literature, sex education, sports and social studies. Vital teaching strategies, intervention techniques and staff training recommendations form an integral part of the analyses and are designed to help teachers and counsellors better address the academic and psychological needs of gay students and redress homophobia in the school setting. The Gay Teen also showcases the pioneering safe spaces that educators have created for students--gay as well as straight--who are struggling to forge sexual identities during the tough years of adolescence.
Brotherhood: Gay Life in College Fraternities
October 1st, 2005
ISBN 1555838561 (ISBN13: 9781555838560)
Since the 1998 publication of his groundbreaking book "Out on Fraternity Row," editor and Lambda 10 Project founder Shane Windmeyer has witnessed many changes in the reception and treatment of gay fraternity members: "We have made tremendous progress on men coming out to their brothers and being more likely to find acceptance due to the credo 'once a brother, always a brother, ' but the new challenge and logical next boundary to break down for the fraternity closet is rushing openly gay." His new book, "Brotherhood," is a bold step in that direction. Windmeyer reveals a 10-year perspective of progress on gay issues within college fraternities and suggests a 10-year plan to continue educational efforts for further systemic implementation to combat homophobia in fraternities.
Sexual Orientation and School Policy: A Practical Guide for Teachers, Administrators, and Community Activists
December 1st, 2003
ISBN 0742525082 (ISBN13: 9780742525085)
This book helps the reader to understand and mediate the debates that arise when gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersex, and queer/questioning (GLBTIQ) students and their families ask for equal treatment from the schools and are opposed by conservative parents. Sexual Orientation and School Policy is a case study of one school districts' attempt to adopt and implement policies that include sexual orientation. This book describes the work of the Safe Schools Coalition who advocate and educate for equal rights for GLBTIQ students. Concerned Citizens, a group of conservative parents, opposed the inclusion of sexual orientation in the policies. The author highlights the factors that either facilitated or impeded the implementation of the policies as well as the strategies employed by the Safe Schools Coalition in educating opponents.
Interrupting Hate: Homophobia in Schools and What Literacy Can Do about It
November 18th, 2011
ISBN 0807752738 (ISBN13: 9780807752739)
This timely and important book focuses on the problems of heterosexism and homophobia in schools and explores how these forms of oppression impact LGBTQ youth, as well as all young people. The author shows how concerned teachers can engage students in literacy practices both in and out of school to develop positive learning environments. The featured vignettes focus on fostering student agency, promoting student activism, and nurturing student allies. With a unique combination of adolescent literacy and teacher action projects, this book offers a valuable model for educators interested in creating safe learning communities for all students.
Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir of Growing Up, Coming Out, and Changing America's Schools
May 15th, 2007
ISBN 0807071471 (ISBN13: 9780807071472)
Long before Kevin Jennings began advocating to end anti-LGBT bias in schools, he was a victim of it. In Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son, Jennings traces the roots of his activism to his elementary school days in the conservative South, where "faggot" became more familiar to him than his own name. Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son is that rare memoir that is both a riveting personal story and an inside account of a critical chapter in our recent history. Creating safe schools for all youth is now a central part of the progressive agenda in American education—and Kevin Jennings is at the forefront of that fight. Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son earned an A- in Entertainment Weekly, was featured in Salon and The Advocate, and was called "a great read" by People.
100 Questions and Answers about Sexual Orientation
October 12th, 2018
ISBN 1641800275 (ISBN13: 9781641800273)
Unnormalizing Education: Addressing Homophobia in Higher Education and K-12 Schools
June 1st, 2014
ISBN 1623967082 (ISBN13: 9781623967086)
Recently, with the number of students from higher education and K-12 settings committing suicide, it is apparent that homophobia and homophobic bullying are tremendous problems in our schools and universities. However, educators are unclear about an appropriate process for addressing these challenges. In this book, Jones postulates that we must begin exploring the culture of educational environments as they relate to sexual difference, in order to begin conceptualizing ways in which we may begin to address homophobia and heteronormativity. To that end, this book addresses how educators (at all levels) must begin examining how their concepts about different sexual identities are "normalized" through socializing processes and schooling.
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander
January 1st, 2002
ISBN 006001430X (ISBN13: 9780060014308)
It's the deadliest combination going; bullies who terrorize, bullied kids who are afraid to tell, bystanders who watch, and adults who see the incidents as a normal part of childhood. All it takes to understand that this is a recipe for tragedy is a glance at headlines across the country. In this updated edition of The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander, which includes a new section on cyberbullying, one of the world's most trusted parenting educators gives parents, caregivers, educators - and most of all, kids - the tools to break the cycle of violence.
LGBT Youth Human Rights: Protecting the Human Rights of LGBT American Secondary School Students
November 10th, 2009
ISBN 3838311140 (ISBN13: 9783838311142)
Getting Ready for Benjamin: Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom
October 23rd, 2002
ISBN 0742516776 (ISBN13: 9780742516779)
This book argues that issues of sexual diversity are inextricably interwoven into the basic concerns of pre-service teacher education. How do we make our students aware of assumptions regarding masculinity, femininity, and sexuality that arise from what is presented, represented, or omitted from curricula and classroom practice? What do we say about homophobia and heterosexism as we anticipate the administrative hierarchies, school cultures, parent and community politics they will encounter as teachers? What special challenges might face a teacher (straight or gay) who discusses sexual orientation in a high school classroom, or responds to a homophobic remark in the hallway or the cafeteria? How should we prepare a teacher for a parent conference with two moms or two dads?
Telling Tales Out of School: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Revisit Their School Days
August 1st, 1998
ISBN 1555834183 (ISBN13: 9781555834180)
In this collection of over thirty essays, gays, lesbians, and bisexuals look back at their school days -- some with wry humor, others with acknowledged pain. Most find that they are still trying to unlearn a basic lesson imparted by the educational system to homosexuals: Hate yourself. The personal memoirs collected here are sharp and varied, detailing everything from valiant struggles during the pre-Stonewall days to the isolation of sissies and tomboys, the violence and harassment that became numbingly common on playgrounds, and the love stories that made young students hopeful that there was a better life outside of school.
Don't Be So Gay! Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe
March 1st, 2013
ISBN 0774823275 (ISBN13: 9780774823272)
Recent cases of teen suicide linked with homophobic bullying have thrust the issue of school safety into the national spotlight. In "Don't Be So Gay!" Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe, Donn Short considers the effectiveness of safe-school legislation. Drawing on interviews with queer youth and their allies in the Toronto area, Short concludes that current legislation is more responsive than proactive.
School's Out: Gay and Lesbian Teachers in the Classroom
November 24th, 2014
ISBN 0520959809 (ISBN13: 9780520959804)
How do gay and lesbian teachers negotiate their professional and sexual identities at work, given that these identities are constructed as mutually exclusive, even as mutually opposed? Using interviews and other ethnographic materials from Texas and California, School's Out explores how teachers struggle to create a classroom persona that balances who they are and what's expected of them in a climate of pervasive homophobia. Catherine Connell's examination of the tension between the rhetoric of gay pride and the professional ethic of discretion insightfully connects and considers complicating factors, from local law and politics to gender privilege. She also describes how racialized discourses of homophobia thwart challenges to sexual injustices in schools. Written with ethnographic verve, School's Out is essential reading for specialists and students of queer studies, gender studies, and educational politics.
Queer and Trans Perspectives on Teaching LGBT-Themed Texts in Schools
December 15th, 2017
ISBN 1138565032 (ISBN13: 9781138565036)
The contributions in this book offer explicit implications for pedagogical practice, considering literature for children and young adults, and work in elementary school, high school, and university classrooms and schools. They give insights on exploring how queer and trans theories might inform the teaching and learning of English language arts with great respect to people who live their lives beyond hegemonic heternormativity and cisnormativity. They provide wisdom on how to provoke, foster, and navigate complicated conversations about sexuality, queer desire, gender creativity, gender independence, and trans inclusivity. In addition, they show how all of these are informed by an epistemological and ontological understanding of gender embodiment as a process of becoming. They offer insights into how queer and trans theories, as informed and driven by trans, non-binary and gender diverse scholars themselves, can move all of us beyond LGBTQ-inclusivity and inform reading, discussing, teaching, and learning in all of the classrooms and school contexts where we live and work.
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Challenging Homophobia: Teaching about Sexual Diversity
October 31st 2007
ISBN 1858564131 (ISBN13: 9781858564135)
Challenging Homophobia brings together accounts of how educators in various national and cultural contexts are dealing with prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping and sometimes overt violence against sexual minorities--particularly lesbian and gay youth and adults. The contributors emphasize the importance of changing the prejudicial attitudes of people who believe that their homophobic views on sexuality are morally superior. The book provides a valuable combination of reflections on the underlying psychological and social processes and suggestions for better educational practice, including tested lesson plans and inspiring resources for challenging the social ill of homophobia. With its insights into the effective and creative methods developed in nine different countries to address homophobia, this book is essential for educators, students, and administrators.
One Teacher in Ten in the New Millennium: LGBT Educators Speak Out About What's Gotten Better . . . and What Hasn't
August 25th, 2015
ISBN 0807055867 (ISBN13: 9780807055861)
For more than twenty years, the One Teacher in Ten series has served as an invaluable source of strength and inspiration for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender educators. This all-new edition brings together stories from across America—and around the world—resulting in a rich tapestry of varied experiences. From a teacher who feels he must remain closeted in the comparative safety of New York City public schools to teachers who are out in places as far afield as South Africa and China, the teachers and school administrators in One Teacher in Ten in the New Millennium prove that LGBT educators are as diverse and complex as humanity itself.
The Last Closet: The Real Lives of Lesbian and Gay Teachers
June 17th, 1996
ISBN 0435081470 (ISBN13: 9780435081478)
The Last Closet tells the stories of lesbian and gay educators as they struggle for dignity in the face of homophobia. These stories come from over a hundred lesbian, gay, and bisexual women and men who are, or have been, teachers, counselors, librarians, and administrators across the country. Rita Kissen, who began her research after her lesbian daughter became a teacher, uses both narration and description to capture the texture and tone of these teachers' daily lives. The Last Closet describes the struggles of educators caught between their desire for authenticity and their need for safety - a need that forces most of them to hide a significant part of their identity. Kissen also suggests survival strategies for lesbian and gay educators and offers advice for heterosexual parents, teachers, and administrators who want to make their schools and communities inclusive and safe for all.
The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America's Public Schools
September 9th, 2010
ISBN 0816674582 (ISBN13: 9780816674589)
Despite significant advances for gay and transgender persons in the United States, the public school environment remains daunting, even frightening, as evidenced by numerous high-profile incidents of discrimination, bullying, violence, and suicide. Yet efforts to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and educators, or to enhance curricula to better reflect the experience of differing sexual orientations and gender identities, are bitterly opposed in the courtroom, at the ballot box, and especially in the schools themselves.
Inspiration for LGBT Students & Their Allies
November 5th, 2002
ISBN 096469574X (ISBN13: 9780964695740)
Inspiration for LGBT Students & Their Allies offers a collection of captivating, inspiring and thoughtful stories and reflections from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and their allies. Each story, essay, poem, photograph and contribution takes the reader on a journey of encouragement, humor and motivation for a new generation of lgbtq students on college campuses. The perfect resource for lgbtq educational awareness, ally training, college leadership library, a coming out gift to a friend or just to let someone know it is okay to be who you are.
Coming Out of the Classroom Closet: Gay and Lesbian Students, Teachers, and Curricula
April 6th, 1992
ISBN 1560230134 (ISBN13: 9781560230137)
This landmark book empowers educators to become visible, positive influences and role models for gay and lesbian students in their classrooms and schools. As most homosexual educators, and even students, remain invisible due to possible hostilities of "coming out," this eye-opening book presents recent research to help gay and lesbian teachers break their silence. It encourages them to speak out on issues of homosexuality where curricula, civil rights, personal freedoms, and social entitlements are concerned. It promotes the development of school-based intervention for gay, lesbian, and bisexual students.
The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research
November 10th, 2001
ISBN 1560233532 (ISBN13: 9781560233534)
This powerful reference tool is the most comprehensive, reliable guide to Internet resources for the LBGTQ community. More than just a guide to useful Web sites, it also evaluates LGBTQ mailing lists, message boards, search engines, and portals. The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research provides background information as well as useful URLs. It covers the history and objectives of major sites. The in-depth interviews with leaders of the queer Internet include discussions with Barry Harrison, Director of Queer Arts Resources, and Sister Mary Elizabeth, founder of AEGiS.
Harvard's Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals
October 31st, 2006
ISBN 0312322720 (ISBN13: 9780312322724)
In 2002, a researcher for The Harvard Crimson came across a restricted archive labeled "Secret Court Files, 1920." The mystery he uncovered involved a tragic scandal in which Harvard University secretly put a dozen students on trial for homosexuality and then systematically and persistently tried to ruin their lives. In May of 1920, Cyril Wilcox, a freshman suspended from Harvard, was found sprawled dead on his bed, his room filled with gas--a suicide. The note he left behind revealed his secret life as part of a circle of (cut "young") homosexual students. The resulting witch hunt and the lives it cost remains one of the most shameful episodes in the history of America's premiere university. Supported by legendary Harvard President Lawrence Lowell, Harvard conducted its investigation in secrecy.
Approaches to Teaching LGBT Literature
April 30th, 2018
ISBN 1433141914 (ISBN13: 9781433141911
In 1995, George Haggerty and Bonnie Zimmerman's landmark volume Professions of Desire: Lesbian and Gay Studies in Literature--followed by William Spurlin's Lesbian and Gay Studies and the Teaching of English (2000)--began addressing the esoteric discussions complicating the intersections among gender, sexuality, and other identity constructs within the English classroom. Given the perpetuation of heteronormativity in the educational system, Haggerty encourages instructors to help LGBT students "learn about the politics of oppression in their own lives as well as in the cultural context that, after all, determines what they mean when they call themselves lesbian or gay."
Creating Safe Environments for LGBT Students: A Catholic Schools Perspective
March 4th, 2007
ISBN 156023606X (ISBN13: 9781560236061)
Creating Safe Environments for LGBT Students is a comprehensive training guidebook for educators who are committed to diversity and the full inclusion of LGBT students in every aspect of the Catholic high school experience. Based on five years of pilot testing in Catholic schools, this unique book emphasizes safe staff training in integrating the Church's pastoral, social, and moral dimensions with the special needs of LGBT students. The book presents strategies and resources for building safer schools, helpful materials for communicating with parents, and general guidelines for developing and maintaining professional helping relationships with LGBT students.
Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments
April 19th, 2013
ISBN 0415819172 (ISBN13: 9780415819176)
The importance of creating safe spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students in the school environment cannot be overstated. It is one of the most prominent issues facing school professionals today, and its success has lasting, positive effects on the entire student body. Drawing on the expertise of researchers and practitioners, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the topics most relevant for school professionals.
Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism on College Campuses
March 18th, 2003
ISBN 1560233044 (ISBN13: 9781560233046)
This book presents an integrated approach toward changing attitudes about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) students, faculty, and staff on contemporary college campuses. From Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism on College Campuses you can learn specific classroom techniques for handling homophobia and heterosexism in the classroom. This book tackles a wide variety of subjects including academic freedom, diversity training, nontraditional families, and religion, each of which plays an integral part in the sense of community found on any college campus. Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism on College Campuses provides you with the basic tools to set up sensible programs that have worked for others in the past and can work for you in the future!
Safe Is Not Enough: Better Schools for LGBTQ Students
August 9th, 2016
ISBN 1612509428 (ISBN13: 9781612509426)
Safe Is Not Enough illustrates how educators can support the positive development of LGBTQ students in a comprehensive way so as to create truly inclusive school communities. Using examples from classrooms, schools, and districts across the country, Michael Sadowski identifies emerging practices such as creating an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum; fostering a whole-school climate that is supportive of LGBTQ students; providing adults who can act as mentors and role models; and initiating effective family and community outreach programs. While progress on LGBTQ issues in schools remains slow, in many parts of the country schools have begun making strides toward becoming safer, more welcoming places for LGBTQ students.
The Rainbow Curriculum: Teaching Teens about LGBT Issues
October 4th, 2012
ISBN 148004444X (ISBN13: 9781480044449)
In February, we teach Black History. March is Women's History Month. But what about June? What about Gay Pride Month? This book is the answer! It includes an LGBT history unit and guidelines for teaching LGBT-themed literature. There's also an easy-to-implement anti-bullying program and a common-sense approach to launching a gay/straight alliance at your school.
LGBT Friendly Universities: Stanford and UC Berkeley Campus Resources for LGBTQ Students
March 24th, 2017
ASIN B06XVHYXHP
Paul believes individuals are loved unconditionally by God the Creator and should be given the freedom to pursue happiness on their terms without coercion. When Paul was asked to complete an assignment for a college counseling class at the University of California at Los Angeles related to what American universities offer lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students; he chose to conduct research on Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley. Being a champion of freedom and godly love for human beings regardless of their sexual orientation; recognizing all of us were created in God's image (Genesis 1:26-27); Paul shares the results of his research on LGBT resources and activities available on campus at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley.
Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of Being Gay in a College Fraternity
September 1st, 1998
ISBN 1555834094 (ISBN13: 9781555834098)
In the spirit of Jocks, Out on Fraternity Row collects uncompromising, first-person accounts of gay life inside a traditionally homophobic institution. Part of the Lambda 10 Project, Out on Fraternity Row gives voice to over 30 men who tell their emotionally charged stories of coming out or staying silent and how this decision changed their fraternal experience, their view of themselves, and even their lives.
Understanding and Teaching U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History
December 17th, 2014
ISBN 029930244X (ISBN13: 9780299302443)
Understanding and Teaching U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History offers a wealth of insight for teachers. Introductory essays by Leila J. Rupp and Susan K. Freeman make clear why queer history is important and provide global historical context, showing that same-sex sexual desire and gender change are not new, modern phenomena. Teachers in diverse educational settings provide narratives of their experiences teaching queer history. A topical section offers 17 essays on such themes as sexual diversity in early America, industrial capitalism and emergent sexual cultures, and gay men and lesbians in World War II. Contributors include detailed suggestions for integrating these topics into a standard U.S. history curriculum, including creative and effective assignments. A final section addresses sources and interpretive strategies well-suited to the history classroom.
Gay-Straight Alliances: Networking with Other Teens and Allies
August 15th, 2017
ISBN 150817427X (ISBN13: 9781508174271)
A 2016 Vanderbilt University study reported that LGBTQ+ students in schools with a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) were 52 percent less likely to hear homophobic remarks and experience bullying in school. This title provides the tools and resources to organize a GSA and to become a proactive leader in a community. Also included in the guide are educational activities, tips for being a good ally to LGBTQ+ people of color, and a Myths & Facts section that debunks common assumptions about Gay-Straight Alliances. The comprehensive text is a valuable guide for LGBTQ+ youth and allies.
Standing Up to Bullying at School
August 15th, 2017
ISBN 1508174318 (ISBN13: 9781508174318)
LGBTQ+ youth face an increased risk of being bullied at school, which can lead to serious consequences for their mental health, academic performance, and physical safety. Public awareness of the issue has increased, however, and schools are now expected to provide a safe learning environment for students of every sexual orientation and gender identity. This title provides resources and strategies for helping LGBTQ+ students overcome bullying and maintain their well-being. It offers numerous suggestions on how to help bullied LGBTQ+ youth stand up for themselves, reach out to others, gain awareness of their rights, and promote tolerance in their school.
The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America's Public Schools 2nd Edition
September 9th, 2010
ISBN 0816674582 (ISBN13: 9780816674589)
Despite significant advances for gay and transgender persons in the United States, the public school environment remains daunting, even frightening, as evidenced by numerous high-profile incidents of discrimination, bullying, violence, and suicide. Yet efforts to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and educators, or to enhance curricula to better reflect the experience of differing sexual orientations and gender identities, are bitterly opposed in the courtroom, at the ballot box, and especially in the schools themselves.
Gender, Bullying, and Harassment: Strategies to End Sexism and Homophobia in Schools
April 23rd, 2009
ISBN 0807749532 (ISBN13: 9780807749531)
While there have been countless studies of bullying and harassment in schools, none have examined the key gender issues related to these behaviors. In her new book, Meyer does just that and offers readers tangible and flexible suggestions to help them positively transform the culture of their school and reduce the incidences of gendered harassment. The text features sections that speak specifically to administrators, teachers, counselors, student leaders, and community and family members.
Dignity for All: Safeguarding LGBT Students
March 6th, 2012
ISBN 1452205906 (ISBN13: 9781452205908)
A joint publication with the National Association of School Psychologists.
Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian and Bisexual in a College Sorority
April 1st, 2001
ISBN 1555835880 (ISBN13: 9781555835880)
"This volume is an important one, because it teaches, in the most intimate way possible, the complex lessons of embrace and rejection of sisters. Lesbians do not want to be 'accepted.' We want to be, and to have, sisters. As with all love, the greatest enemy of that goal is fear.""-from the foreword by Sheila Kuehl. The first-person accounts of 25 women stand as a powerful and courageous collective effort to address the traditionally homophobic and heterosexist atmosphere within sororities and gain greater understanding of the true nature of sisterhood. Shane L. Windmeyer is the assistant director of student activities at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. Pamela W. Freeman is the assistant dean of students at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
Dramatic Changes: Talking about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity with High School Students Through Drama
July 10th, 2002
ISBN 0325004145 (ISBN13: 9780325004143
Educator and activist Paula Ressler knows from experience that students who are marginalized because of sexual orientation, gender, or appearance spend much of their time in high school just trying to survive. The consequences of ignoring these issues can be devastating. In this book she demonstrates how the drama workshop can be a powerful tool to facilitate discussion about topics that have long been suppressed in traditional educational venues and mired in taboo and confusion. She offers an approach to teaching and learning in which participants acquire new knowledge based on experience, not simply transmission.
Stepping Up! Teachers Advocating for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Schools
March 23rd, 2018
ISBN 1138568198 (ISBN13: 9781138568198)
Stepping Up! offers inspiring suggestions for ways teachers and teacher educators can stand up and speak out for students to create welcoming classroom climates for LGBTQ and gender diverse youth. Building from ten years of collaborative longitudinal inquiry, including interviews with parents, students, teachers, and administrators, the authors share stories from different perspectives to support teachers with concrete examples of advocacy. The authors show teachers how to 'step up' by working with students, through and beyond curriculum, and by working with families and administrators to improve school culture for LGBTQ and gender diverse students. Additionally, they explore the potential constraints involved in such social justice work, and share strategies and resources for transforming schools to be more queer-friendly.
Standing Out, Standing Together: The Social and Political Impact of Gay-Straight Alliances
September 28th, 2005
ISBN 0415950929 (ISBN13: 9780415950923)
Just a decade ago, requests by students to establish groups to support gay and lesbian students were rare and generally met with shock and confusion by school administrators and local communities. Today there are more than 1600 gay straight alliances (GSAs) across the country. Standing Out, Standing Together documents the emergence of gay straight alliances in public schools across America - from factors that have contributed to the relatively rapid spread of GSA to those that stirred controversy and posed roadblocks. Using over 10 years of interviews with students, teachers, administrators and political activists; case studies; and local and national media reports, Miceli explores the personal and political stakes involved in the battles over GSAs.
Queering Elementary Education: Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling
October 27th, 1999
ISBN 0847693694 (ISBN13: 9780847693696)
Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. ItOs not part of a sinister stratagem in the Ogay agenda. O Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal intelligence, and foster critical consciousness. Queer elementary classrooms are those where parents and educators care enough about their children to trust the human capacity for understanding and their educative abilities to foster insight into the human condition. Those who teach queerly refuse to participate in the great sexual sorting machine called schooling where diminutive GI Joes and Barbies become star quarterbacks and prom queens, while the Linuses and Tinky Winkies become wallflowers or human doormats.
Gay-Straight Alliances: A Handbook for Students, Educators, and Parents
June 6th, 2007
ISBN 1560236841 (ISBN13: 9781560236849)
A step by step guide to the school club that provides a safe place for LGBT and straight kids. A Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) provides a safe place for students to discuss issues, meet others, and get support from those who care. Gay- Straight Alliances: A Handbook for Students, Educators, and Parents explains exactly how to begin this important type of school club that helps build positive relationships and promotes knowledge and tolerance. This guide tells students what it takes to start a GSA at their school, teachers how best to work with GSAs, and helps principals and superintendents to understand the applicable laws. Parents who read this book can discover for themselves just how positive an influence the GSA may be in their child's life.
Help for Billy
December 20th, 2012
ISBN 0977704092 (ISBN13: 9780977704095)
Written for both parents and educators, Help for Billy addresses the real issues going on behind a child's negative behavior. It will change everything for your child--a must read for anyone working with a child in the classroom.
School's Out: The Impact of Gay and Lesbian Issues on America's Schools
April 1st, 1995
ISBN 1555832490 (ISBN13: 9781555832490)America's schools are filled with gay men and lesbians. Woog interviewed nearly 300 people in this exploration of the current impact of gay and lesbian issues and people on the U.S. educational system.
Sexual Identities and Schooling: A Special Issue of Theory Into Practice
January 10th, 2005
ISBN 0805894683 (ISBN13: 9780805894684)
Acting Out! Combating Homophobia Through Teacher Activism
November 15th, 2009
ISBN 080775031X (ISBN13: 9780807750315)
In this volume, teachers from urban, suburban, and rural districts join together in a teacher-inquiry group to challenge homophobia and heterosexism in schools and classrooms. To create safe learning environments for all students they address key topics, including seizing teachable moments, organizing faculty, deciding whether to come out in the classroom, using LGBTQ-inclusive texts, running a Gay-Straight Alliance, changing district policy to protect LGBTQ teachers and students, dealing with resistant students, and preparing preservice teachers to do antihomophobia work.
Beating Bullying at Home and in Your Community
August 15th, 2017
ISBN 1508174245 (ISBN13: 9781508174240)
From toxic family environments to harassment in the workplace and cyberbullying, LGBTQ+ teens often face bullying beyond the schoolyard. This text explores the issues and lets teens know they're not alone when dealing with this mistreatment. Giving guidance to bystanders as well as targets, the title includes suggestions for educating families and communities that members of the LGBTQ+ community deserve the same rights and protections as other people. Targets of bullying can find encouragement along with ideas and resources on how to change their situation and heal from the damage caused by aggression and harassment.
Boarding School Homosexuality: From Plato's Academy to the Princeton Rub
January 13th, 2016
ISBN 1523368292 (ISBN13: 9781523368297)
LGBT Youth in America's Schools
April 19th, 2012
ISBN 0472031406 (ISBN13: 9780472031405)
Jason Cianciotto and Sean Cahill, experts on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender public policy advocacy, combine an accessible review of social science research with analyses of school practices and local, state, and federal laws that affect LGBT students. In addition, portraits of LGBT youth and their experiences with discrimination at school bring human faces to the issues the authors discuss.This is an essential guide for teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors, and social workers interacting with students on a daily basis; school board members and officials determining school policy; nonprofit advocates and providers of social services to youth; and academic scholars, graduate students, and researchers training the next generation of school administrators and informing future policy and practice.
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Building People: Social-Emotional Learning for Kids, Families, Schools, and Communities
July 17th, 2018
ASIN B07F44Y912
Building People: Social-Emotional Learning for Kids, Families, Schools & Communities brings together a dozen wide- ranging perspectives on social-emotional learning (SEL) to present a comprehensive picture of the SEL landscape in schools and communities and provide action steps for educators, families, and leaders. This book’s contributors represent a diverse group of nationally and internationally renowned researchers, practitioners, and thought leaders whose collective body of work addresses multiple facets of SEL and its successful implementation in numerous relevant contexts. All stakeholders—from those who work in a school or district to families or other community leaders—will gain a better understanding of SEL and what it looks like in practice through this book.
The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students
August 1st, 2006
ISBN 155583857X (ISBN13: 9781555838577)
Based on student demand, the Advocate magazine and publisher Alyson Books have partnered to produce The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students. With advice from campus officials and LGBT college students -- the experts themselves - this easy to use guide is the perfect companion for the first generation of out LGBT students. This new guide profiles the 100 U.S. institutions with the top "Gay Point Average" on critical LGBT issues such as: Gay-affirmative policies Campus events Queer student perspectives Housing for LGBT students Local gay hangouts Gay-friendly support resources Queer studies
Being Gay and Lesbian in a Catholic High School
May 24th, 2000
ISBN 1560231831 (ISBN13: 9781560231837)
Recognize the homophobia and anti-gay violence in a respected institution! The only study of its kind, Being Gay and Lesbian in a Catholic High School: Beyond the Uniform offers compelling evidence to Catholic educators, clergy, and laypeople that their superb academic institutions are not fulfilling the clear mandate of the Church on inclusive loving behavior toward sexual minorities. Yet the facts presented in Being Gay and Lesbian in a Catholic High School prove that too often they encourage or allow stereotyping, homophobia, and anti-gay violence. The experiences recounted in this disturbing book range from feeling different and being pressured to date the opposite sex to suffering life-changing violence.
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