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Sex? Sexual Orientation? Gender Identity? Gender Expression?
When a student who “looks like a boy” chooses to wear dresses and skirts. When a hard-of-hearing student seems to be doing well in a mainstream classroom but fails her tests. When a colleague repeatedly humiliates another and no one says anything.
This issue of Teaching Tolerance addresses these and other instances when educators need to pause, forego their assumptions and look closer at the needs of the people who surround them in their work. Don't miss the cover story—a closer look at the language of gender and sexual identity, including an downloadable classroom-friendly poster.
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Features
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Sex? Sexual Orientation? Gender Identity? Gender Expression?
Knowing the difference can make all the difference to students who do not conform to binary norms.
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Dressing in Solidarity
Can clothing inspire collective action? Yes!
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Race ≠ DNA
If race is a social construct, what’s up with DNA ancestry testing?
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Making Space
Affinity groups offer a platform for voices often relegated to the margins.
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Clear Connection
Deaf and hard-of-hearing students can effectively miss class, even if they attend every day. Learn to spot this phenomenon and help reverse it.
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Girls, Interrupted
The fastest-growing group of young people in the juvenile justice system is also the least talked about.
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Name Changers
The names of Confederate and segregationist leaders label the landscape of the South. What are the consequences when these names belong to schools?
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Under Attack
The bullying of teachers is slowly entering the national spotlight. How will your school respond?
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Learning From the Inside
Educators working in locked facilities have a lot to offer—to their students and to their public-school colleagues.
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A Letter to My Teenage Self
"Dear Me, I know you're having a rough time of it ..."
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Online Exclusive Video Feature: Youth United!
As these young activists prove, it's never too early to change the world.