June is Pride Month, when cities across the US show support for LGBTQIA+ rights, culture, and communities. In the late 1970s, ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ began to chart a path forward by insisting that as an organization we had to have a more substantive focus and concentrated attention on inclusion. Read more about our Legacy of Pride here.
At the 2007 Annual Convention in New York, ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ created a Resolution on Strengthening Teacher Knowledge of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Issues.
Here are some additional related resources from ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ:
ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Resources
- ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Advisory Committee
- Bookmark on “Fighting Homophobia and Transphobia in ELA“
- GSEA poster on creating a welcoming learning environment for all students
- ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Guidelines for Affirming Gender Diversity through ELA Curriculum and Pedagogy
- ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ LGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Leadership Award
- from the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
- “Creating LGBTQIA-Affirming Classrooms and Schools”
- “Identity, Community, and Family: What Love, Victor Can Teach Us about Our Classrooms”
- “Legacy of Pride” blog post
- “Remembering Stonewall’s 50th Anniversary”
- ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ blog posts from 2022 and 2021
- Follow to see articles from ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ journals related to LGBTQIA+, gender, and queer theory.
ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ EventsÂ
- Teaching Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer
- April 2022 Build Your Stack® session on ““
- Affirming Gender Diversity Through ELA Curriculum and Pedagogy
- CCCC Queerness, Cultural Rhetorics, and Decoloniality: Expanding the Conversation(s)
Activity Ideas and Lesson Plans
- shares how reading LGBTQ-inclusive books and discussing issues of power, justice, and fairness can make full-class read-alouds a space for meaningful social justice work with students.
- This includes a list of age-appropriate books, a discussion-starter guide, and ideas to extend beyond the books.
- to hear about the many ways in which contemporary authors are including gay, lesbian, and transgender characters in their novels for teens.
How have you recognized Pride Month? Please share with ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ on social media!