The right to be out : sexual orientation and gender identity in America's public schools / Stuart Biegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biegel, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity in education--United States.

Gender identity in education.

Public schools--Social aspects--United States.

Public schools.

Sexual orientation--United States.

Sexual orientation.

LGBTQ+ students.

LGBTQ+ teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite significant advances for gay and transgender persons in the United States, the public school environment remains daunting, even frightening, as evidenced by numerous high-profile incidents of discrimination, bullying, violence, and suicide. Yet efforts to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and educators, or to enhance curricula to better reflect the experience of differing sexual orientations and gender identities, are bitterly opposed in the courtroom, at the ballot box, and especially in the schools themselves. The Right to Be Out begins wit

Contents:

The legal foundations of the right to be out

Emerging rights of LGBT students: the impact of litigation and legislation

Challenges for LGBT educators: the tension between rights on paper and the realities of the classroom

Curriculum, religion, morality, and values

Addressing school climate: goals and best practices

Creating change in the classroom: curriculum, pedagogy, and LGBT content

The culture of school sports: from physical education to interscholastic athletics

Confronting the challenges faced by transgender youth.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Stonewall Honor, 2011

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7493-0

OCLC:

698116893