Efforts to narrowly define gender and deny Title IX rights to transgender and nonbinary students pose a serious threat to student well-being. Here’s how educators can counter them.
In September, hate incidents including racism, anti-Semitism, and anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ sentiment continued as school leaders across the United States struggled to address them.
Build students’ media literacy by helping them contextualize stories about women candidates—and particularly Native women candidates—during election season and beyond.
Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant, was awarded the Purple Heart for service in Vietnam, but discharged soon after telling his captain he was gay and appearing in uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the words, "I Am a Homosexual" emblazoned next to him. While he may have "settled" in his fight against the Air Force, he was a pioneer in the fight for gay and lesbian rights in the military.
In this spoken word piece, Elizabeth Acevedo speaks of her Afro-Latina heritage, recounting how she first rejected her roots and then learned to embrace them.
Want to better support LGBTQ students in your classroom? Based on our Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students, this webinar models how to create an inclusive classroom culture and build an intersectional curriculum that incorporates queer history and perspectives.