LGBTQ Youth and Education

Cris Mayo is professor and director of the Interdisciplinary Studies in Education master's degree in the Department of Education at the University of Vermont.

Contents Series Foreword?James A. Banks?ix Acknowledgments?xv Introduction?1 Necessary Tensions?5 Layers of Responsibility and Professional Resources for Nondiscrimination?9 Students' Rights to Expression, Privacy, and Association?13 Preparing Teachers and Leaders to Be Advocates?16 1.??Background to LGBTQ Movements for Equality With a Focus on K-12-Related Issues?19 Key Definitions, Often in Flux and Contested?22 Opening the Subject of Sexuality and Gender Through Theory, History, and Political Movements?24 Overlapping Histories of LGBTQ Movements?27 Schools and the Histories of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation?34 2.??Thinking Through Biases and Assumptions About LGBTQ People?37 Gender as Process?37 Sexuality, Normalcy, and Intersecting Differences?41 Transphobia in Schools?46 Queer Relationalities?49 3.??Specific School-Related Challenges Facing LGBTQ Students?52 Intersecting Harassments and Biases?53 LGBTQ Youth and the Challenges of Accessing Education?56 Resituating "Bullying" in Sexual Harassment?57 Another Form of "Not" Education: "You Can't Say Gay" Policies?60 Recognizing Family Diversity: LGBTQ-Headed Households and School Exclusion?62 Living in Families Under Public Debate: Legal and Social Contexts?64 4.??Educatively Addressing LGBTQ Issues?66 Zero Tolerance and Exacerbating Distance?66 Sex and Non-Sex?71 Critical Queer Thinking and Queer Disciplines?73 Religious Tensions?77 Teaching and Learning for Ethical Relations?79 5.??Supporting Student Extracurricular and Creative Efforts to Educate Schools on LGBTQ Issues?83 Gay-Straight Alliances/Gender and Sexuality Alliances and Associations Across Difference?83 Gay-Straight Alliances and the Equal Access Act?86 Attempts to Restrict Gay-Straight Alliances?88 The Day of Silence: Resistance and Reconciliation (Hopefully)?90 LGBTQ Youth and Public Spaces?92 6.??Recognizing and Respecting Transgender Students?95 Learning About Gender?96 Anti-Transgender Rules From the School Board?100 Administrator Refusal of Family and Physician-Supported Affirmation?101 Watching Teachers Debate Transgender Issues?102 Transgender Students' Resistance and Resourcefulness?104 Intersections and Transgender Theory?107 Conclusion: Unsettled Progress?111 References?113 Index?127 About the Author?137

"Mayo's interweaving of research and scholarship, summarized judicial decisions, and real-life experiences from students and staff within the LGBTQIA+ community make for a robust read. The book underscores the gravity of the situation at hand, emphasizing educators' and administrators' obligation to implement clear policies and programs in schools to create a positive and safe learning environment for all students, and to support and protect LGBTQIA+ students and staff in particular." -Teachers College Record Praise for the First Edition of LGBTQ Youth and Education- "Lively, engaging, crackles with wit, and carries readers through weighty matters with clarity." -Educational Theory "An important scholarly contribution that elicits both cognitive and affective explorations with regards to issues of sexuality and gender in education." -Teachers College Record