Resources for Teachers

by Rainbow Rumpus Staff Writer

Websites and online articles

aMaze: Provides a literature-based diversity education curriculum for use in schools, child care centers, and places of worship.

Gay-Straight Alliance Network : Over 400 GSAs from California.

GLSEN :  The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network has information for teachers and students to help make schools safe for all students.  They started the first GSA.

NEA: Safe Schools for Everyone : Statement of support for LGBT students from the National Education Association.

Safe Schools Coalition : An international public-private partnership for GLBT youth.  Includes lesson plans.

Safe Space Program : a program for training allies in schools to be listeners when students are in need.  This program has been used in colleges and businesses – here is GLSEN’s version.

Teaching Tolerance : resources for teachers for ending bigotry of all kinds from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Books,  print articles, and video

Campos, David.  Understanding gay and lesbian youth : lessons for straight school teachers, counselors, and administrators.  Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005.  ISBN: 1578862671

Chasnoff, Debra “Gay Parents Do Exist: Letting the Rabbit Out of the Hat. Social Education, May/Jun2005 Supplement, pM2-M3.

COLAGE  Youth Leadership and Action Program.  In My Shoes : the Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents.  Frameline, 2006.  Video, 31 mins.  Five young people, ages 12 to 17, talk about their homes and stress that love and respect make a family.

Holmes, Sarah E. and Sean Cahill.  “School Experiences of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth.”  Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues In Education, 2004, Vol. 1 Issue 3, p53-66, 12p.  Discusses experiences of LGBT students, both black and white, and children of LGBT parents, and how resilient each group is.

Letts, William J and James T Sears.  Queering elementary education : advancing the dialogue about sexualities and schooling.  Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.  ISBN: 0847693686