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For Educators
Guidance materials for GSA advisors, GLBT-inclusive curricula, and documentation on openly gay and lesbian teachers.
Baker, Jean M. How Homophobia Hurts Children: Nurturing Diversity at Home, at School, and in the Community. Haworth, 2001.
A detailed discussion of common misconceptions regarding homosexuality, emotionally damaging experiences of GLBT youngsters, and methods of reducing children’s exposure to explicit and implicit anti-gay messages.
Evans, Kate. Negotiating the Self: Identify, Sexuality, and Emotion in Learning to Teach. Falmer, 2002.
Intended for students of education and useful to new and newly out teachers, Evans’s work examines the process by which new educators learn to teach and attend to GLBT issues comfortably in the classroom, when lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender themselves. Includes curricular tips and resources.
Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth: Breaking the Silence in Schools and In Families. 1993. Massachusetts State House, Room 111, Boston, MA 02133 (617-725-4000 ext. 35312).
Two reports and recommendations for change from the Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth.
Harbeck, Karen, ed. Coming Out of the Classroom Closet: Gay and Lesbian Students, Teachers, and Curricula. Harrington Park Press, 1992.
In the first major American work on GLBT educators and students, essays address experiences and needs of GLBT students and educators, critique the role of GLBT figures and issues in popular curricular materials, and address professional education for secondary teachers and counselors. Sections on the legal entitlements of GLBT educators may be outdated.
Harris, Mary, ed. School Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Youth: The Invisible Minority. Haworth Press, 1998
Seven reviews and case studies exploring various methods of meeting the needs of GLBT students.
Jennings, Kevin, ed. One Teacher in Ten: Gay & Lesbian Educators Tell Their Stories. Alyson, 1994.
An anthology of autobiographical essays by openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual educators. May be of interest to students as well.
Kissen, Rita M. The Last Closet: The Real Lives of Gay Teachers. Heinemann, 1996
Analysis of a national survey of GLBT teachers and administrators who comment on the professional climate for GLBT educators.
Lipkin, Arthur. Beyond Diversity Day: A Q&A on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Schools (Curriculum, Cultures, and (Homo)Sexualities). Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
A practical guide for students, parents, educators, and community members striving for improved curricula, GSA resources, public policy, and school atmosphere.
Lipkin, Arthur. Understanding Homosexuality, Changing Schools. Westview, 2000.
A broad work written with the objective of improving student attitudes towards GLBT issues and informing educators, administrators, and policymakers of the needs of GLBT students and families. Chapters include an analysis of American attitudes towards homosexuality and GLBT history; psychological and sociological theory on homosexuality, homophobia, identity formation, and counseling; GLBT teachers; families with same-sex parents; model curricula; and methods of campaigning for support.
Unks, Gerald, ed. The Gay Teen. Routledge, 1995.
Written by and for secondary educators, Unks creates a theoretical context from which to approach teaching LBGT students and provides curricular suggestions for work within the subjects of literature, social studies, sex education, and athletics. Also includes materials for gay-straight alliance advisors and school counselors.
Woog, Dan. School's Out. Alyson Pub, 1995.
A portrait of the atmosphere for GLBT students, educators, and families in American schools, compiled from interviews with hundreds of gay and straight educators, students, and parents across the country.
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