But we also believe that every teacher can do something to help make her or his classroom safer and more inclusive to better serve LGBTQ children and families.
We know that no two states, districts, schools, nor teachers are exactly alike we know that what works one place might be impossible or ineffective in another. Elementary school students are surrounded by these experiences, but their teachers are often underprepared when it comes to realizing why LGBTQ topics might matter to their work as elementary school teachers and how they might make their classrooms more inclusive.Īs queer-identified women and former elementary school teachers who now work in universities as teacher educators, we’ve spent the past decade developing a range of approaches to help elementary school teachers integrate LGBTQ-inclusive practices into their teaching: expanding representations of LGBTQ people, questioning categories with regard to gender and sexuality, and questioning representations within LGBTQ-inclusive texts. If children themselves don’t have LGBTQ parents, perhaps they have a peer with two moms at daycare or a relative who comes out as gay, or maybe they’ve heard a story about transgender rights on the news. LGBTQ people exist in children’s lives in myriad ways. After all, public schools are for everyone, yet many elementary schools are too frequently unwelcoming and unaccommodating of all children, especially children of LGBTQ parents or those who are or may be LGBTQ themselves. Instead, when we advocate for elementary school teachers to address LGBTQ topics, we simply want them to talk about the diversity of families and relationships and communities in ways that include LGBTQ people. Such concerns often arise because people assume talking about people who identify as LGBTQ means talking about sex. Maybe they think children those ages are too young, that those conversations are better had at home, or that the whole topic is simply inappropriate. People are sometimes shocked by the notion that teachers should address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) topics in elementary schools. AFT resources for organizing and back to school programs.Safe and welcoming public schools for all.DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).Standing united to protect immigrant rights.
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