Vincent Pompei is part of a state advisory committee creating instruction for educators on how to foster LGBTQ-affirming schools and spaces for youth
Despite the fear that can cloud the work to create LGBTQ-safe schools for students, advocates and supporters have the research necessary to break through that fear and help California’s LGBTQ youth find support and safety in school.
One [example] is law and policy and one is on terminology. The reason terminology is important is that there are so many misconceptions and biases, negative propaganda about LGBTQ, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and what these terms mean and what they don’t mean. The fact is, because of historic biases and misconceptions about these terms, individuals tend to sexualize them or think that they mean something sexually explicit.
I will share with you just a couple of quick things educators can do. Number one, beyond just the training, they can make sure that their curriculum, their general instruction, the examples that they use when they’re explaining a concept, the literature or books that they use in the classroom, are representative of the broad diversity of the community, including LGBTQ-plus individuals and LGBTQ-headed families.
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