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Resource Roundup: For Teachers Looking to Learn About the LGBTQ Community

“I teach community college developmental English in a teeny tiny South Carolina town. This year the focus for our annual conference is inclusion of all students. Can you recommend books, websites, etc that would help inclusion of LGBT students? Thank you in advance. Keep fighting the good fight!”

Question Submitted Anonymously Answered by Grace Manger

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Hi there! Thanks so much for a) making the effort to include LGBT folks in your classroom and b) reaching out for help to do so!!

Based on your question, I understand that you’re looking for resources specifically to help teachers be more inclusive of LGBTQ students in their classrooms. However, I think the first step in all of this is to ensure you and your colleagues are as knowledgeable as can be on the LGBTQ community in general and the issues that folks within the community face. Going back to the basics will ensure that everyone at the conference can re-enter their classrooms with more knowledge on how to acknowledge and respect LGBTQ identities, and incorporate them into their classrooms in a respectful way. As such, I’ll start with the basics, then move on to teacher-specific resources, and end with some of my favorite books with LGBTQ authors and/or characters that you could incorporate into your classroom. Here we go!

Back to Basics: LGBTQ

My Kid Is Gay’s Defining Series explains various LGBTQ terms and identities on a basic, 101 level. This is a great starting point to learn what it means to be transgender, bisexual, queer, gender nonconforming, gay, and so much more!

Stay up-to-date on the current challenges that the LGBTQ community is facing with the following websites:

GayWrites

The Human Rights Campaign

HuffPost Queer Voices

GLAAD

Autostraddle

This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids by Kristin Russo and Dannielle Owens-Reid

A Guide to Gender: The Social Justice Advocate’s Handbook by Sam Killermann

Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager and Zoe More O’Ferrall

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin

Resources for Educators

Our School + Work section includes advice on a bunch of different topics related to being LGBT at school. We also have a section specifically for teachers with posts like:

5 Ways You Can Support Trans Students at School

How to Foster Safe, Healthy, and Productive Dialogue in the Classroom

Making Your Classroom More LGBTQ Inclusive

Talking About Trans Bathroom Rights

GLSEN’s Educator Guides offer resources that explain gender identity, how to be an LGBTQ ally at school, and more!

The Family Acceptance Project offers trainings on a variety of topics, including making schools safe and supportive for LGBT students.

Campus Pride works to support LGBTQ student leaders and organizations in fostering safe and inclusive schools.

TransYouth Family Allies offer these resources and further reading for educators of LGBTQ people

Trans Youth Equality Foundation has resources and trainings available for educators

One Teacher in Ten in the New Millennium by Kevin Jennings (founder of GLSEN) shares a compilation of personal stories from LGBTQ educators.

Safe Spaces: Making Schools and Communities Welcoming to LGBT Youth by Annemarie Vaccaro, Gerri August, and Megan S. Kennedy

LGBTQ Reads:

She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Gender Failure by Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon

Darling Days by iO Tillett Wright

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love, & So Much More by Janet Mock

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Thanks again for reaching out for assistance. I really hope you and your colleagues can use these resources to make your classrooms, curriculums, and teacher-student relationships more welcoming of LGBTQ identities!

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देहरादून: मुख्यमंत्री त्रिवेन्द्र सिंह रावत ने बुधवार को श्री लक्ष्मण विद्यालय इण्टर कॉलेज पथरीबाग में सीड्स और हनीवेल इंडिया द्वारा आयोजित सेफ स्कूल सेफटी फर्स्ट कार्निवल 2020 का शुभांरभ किया। मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि स्कूलों में बच्चों को और अधिक सुरक्षित माहौल प्रदान उपलब्ध कराने के लिये संस्था द्वारा किये जा रहे प्रयास सराहनीय है।

उन्होंने कहा कि इस सम्बन्ध में जन जागरूकता भी जरूरी है।…

To rightly implement a violence reporting tool , it is very much required  to add a feature  of anonymous reporting. As we are currently working on smart reporting tool  for school safety we tried to asses current reporting mechanism in schools.

We realized people are reluctant to report even the critical issues due to the fear of getting exposed and it’s related consequences.

For example in school safety system,teachers and staffs are reluctant to report safety related issues as they fear of losing job. Parents and Students have the same fear of getting rusticated from the school. 

Anonymous reporting is a great mechanism to mitigate that fear of getting exposed. 

However it will be inappropriate to charge someone on the basis of anonymous reporting.

Here is some guidelines to use  anonymous reporting constructively :

Concerned authorities can take a step forward  to verify an anonymous report depending on the following criteria:

The details of the report : If the report is very much detailed containing all the details  like the exact time,location etc the concerned authority should give attention.

Visual Report : If the report is a self explanatory  photo or video then it deserves attention.(AI has a big opportunity to verify a visual report)

Severity of Issue :  If the reported fact or incident is severe one then also authority should take prompt action to validate and verify.

Frequency of Issue : If  similar type of complains are coming for a same person or a section of work then definitely authority should validate and verify.

A very productive way to validate or verify an anonymous report is to conduct a survey on the related issue or area of impact.

Take a look on our initial demo on anonymous reporting for safe school.

Safety Zone: Curious About Online Schooling?

With the recent dangers of school shootings online schooling is becoming a more popular option.

Technological advancements have changed the standard type of learning and replaced traditional schools with virtual classes or online-learning. The K-12 education system has incorporated online programs and resources for both public schools and homeschooling. The K-12 online system provides…

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