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Queer Justice at school

A guide for youth activists, allies, and their teachers

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Front MAtter

Dedication:
This book is dedicated to all youth and educators who are working to transform their schools and communities to end all forms of oppression.

Chapter 1 Youth making Change

Youth profiles
- Kelli Peterson, Utah, 1995
- Gavin Grimm, Virginia, 2016-2020
- KC Miller, 2015-8, Pennsylvania
- Javier Gomez, 2022, Florida
History Resources
- GLSEN LGBTQ History activities
- PBS.org Stonewall Milestones
- Silvia Rivera, 1960's, New York
Figure 1.2 Tips for youth-adult collaborations
- Advocates for Youth, Tips for youth
- Learning for Justice, Tips for adult allies
Other examples of youth-centered coalitions

CHapter 2 Making your case

Figure 2.1 Youth Hotlines
- The Trevor Project - free crisis counseling for LGBTQIA+ youth in the US and Mexico. Support is available 24/7 365 days a year via online chat, text (678-678), or phone (1-866-488-7386).
- Youthline - peer support hotline for LGBTQIA+ youth in Canada. Support is available via online chat, text (647-694-4275), email ([email protected]), or phone (1-800-268-9688) during evening hours
- Trans Lifeline - “connects trans people to community support and resources to survive and thrive” and is fully run by trans people for trans people. You can call from the U.S. (1-877-565-8860) and Canada (1-877-330-6366).
- It Gets Better Project links and information to hotlines and organizations around the world
Figure 2.2 National School Climate Survey excerpts: Bullying
- GLSEN National School Climate Survey Executive Summary and full report
- GLSEN Research reports
Activity 2.3 Finding updated evidence
- Centers for Disease Control Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (CDC-YRBSS)
- California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS)
- Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) cdphe.colorado.gov/hkcs
- GLSEN state snapshots
GLSEN Local School Climate Survey tool [currently not available]

Chapter 3 Queering Learning and Classrooms

Movement Advancement Project: map of LGBTQ curriculum laws
Activity 3.2 Same-sex coupling in the natural world
- “Same-sex Behavior Seen in Nearly All Animals, Review Finds” (June 17, 2009) Science Daily
- podcast You’re Wrong About, “Lesbian Seagulls with Lulu Miller” (June 12, 2023)
- podcast Radiolab, “The Seagulls” (June 2, 2023)
- NPR interview with author of Queer Ducks, Eliot Schrefer (May 24, 2022)
Future Ed Legislative tracker: Parents' rights bills

General Resources

American Psychological Association https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/lgbtq-inclusive-curricula
GLSEN curriculum resources
Learning for Justice
Student recommendations for inclusive classrooms
Facing History, Social Identity Wheel lesson
What Works Clearinghouse - database of federally-funded evidence-based interventions

Language Arts

Social Studies & History

STEM Education

Gender-Inclusive Biology Lessons
GLSEN blog: How do we make math class more inclusive of trans and non-binary identities
GLSEN blog: 6 ways I make my science class LGBTQ-inclusive as a trans teacher
National Science Teachers Association: Gender-Inclusive Biology Framework
The Queer Mathematics Teacher

Health and Sexuality Education

Full Spectrum: Educators' Guide to Implementing LGBTQ+ Inclusive Sex Ed (Vermont Agency of Education, 2018)
GLSEN Sex Ed
Healthy Teen Network, Inclusive Sex Ed
SIECUS: Sex Ed for social change www.SIECUS.org

Chapter 4 Queering School Culture

Psychology Today blog, Gender and Schooling
- 5 reasons why we need symbols of LGBTQ support (2022)
- Gender Troubles at Graduation (2018)
- Building Classroom Community (2017)
- Proms, Plays, & Yearbooks (2010)
- Gender, Class, & Proms (2010)
Activity 4.2 Nondiscrimination Protections Matrix
- Movement Advancement Project: LGBT equality maps
- GLSEN Policy Maps
- U.S. Department of Education: Stop bullying
Activity 4.3 Bullied: The Jamie Nabozny Story
- Teaching Tolerance feature article (2010)
- SPLC ordering & resource page
- Vimeo
Events
- Mix it up at Lunch Day
- October
  - GLSEN LGBTQ+ History Cards
  - 31 days. 31 icons and event ideas
  - Civics Renewal Network
  - FAIR Education Act Implementation Coalition
  - Spirit Day
  - National Coming Out Day, October 11
- November: Transgender Day of Remembrance, GSA network resources
- January: No Name Calling Week (NNCW)
- February: Pink Shirt Day (Canada), 4th Wednesday in February or https://www.alberta.ca/pink-shirt-day-alberta.aspx
- April: Day of Silence
- May: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), May 17

Chapter 5 Queering school clubs

Figure 5.1 Starting a GSA
- ACLU https://www.aclu.org/documents/how-start-gay-straight-alliance-gsa
- GSA Network https://gsanetwork.org/resources/start-a-gsa-10-steps/
- GLSEN https://www.glsen.org/activity/10-steps-start-your-gsa
Leadership development opportunities
- GSA Network
- Creating Change
Figure 5.2 Strategic planning
Figure 5.3 Meeting activity ideas
ACLU letter about GSAs

Chapter 6 Express Yourself

Table 6.1 US Courts of Appeals
Bell v. Itawamba, 2015
Gillman v. Sch. Bd. for Holmes County, 2008
Morrison v. Boyd County Board of Ed, 2007
Video modules on Free Speech in K-12 schools (link to YouTube playlist)
Tables 6.2 & 6.3 Fact sheet for K12 students and staff
Student Privacy - ACLU open letter, 2020

Chapter 7 Busting binaries

Table 7.1 Title IX lawsuits related to gender and sexual orientation
Figure 7.2 Classroom routines for inclusive community
- Psychology Today blog: Building Classroom community
Figure 7.2 Gender inclusive language
- How to use gender-neutral words (Teen Vogue)
- A guide to gender-identity terms (NPR)
Figure 7.3 Name and pronoun change requests
Figure 7.4 All-gender bathrooms
Figure 7.5 Elements in a Gender Support Plan
- Gender Spectrum - Using the GSP
- Boulder Valley School District GSP

Chapter 8 Strategies for action

Additional resources