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We must demystify the idea that younger children are “tooyoung” to learn about gender and sexuality. These may bevery core pieces of their identities. Although it might notbe as extreme as in states where the legislature is literallypassing “Don’t say gay” laws, in CT there are school districtswhere contingents of parents do not want their childreninvolved in any conversation about gender and sexuality,especially in elementary. Yet for LGBTQIA+ students,according to GLSEN research, better school climate andimproved academic outcomes are significantly more likelywith curricula that are inclusive of LGBTQ people, history,and events (https://www.glsen.org/inclusive-curriculum ).We must disavow this harmful notion of leaning away fromteaching “intense” and “provocative” topics like the legaciesof systemic racism, homophobia and transphobia, becausethese curricular tools may actually be the ones that ensuregenerations moving forward can better navigate conditionsof equity and inclusivity than schools are in this moment.Equity commitment is a practice, not a performance,and as queer Black scholar Dr. Bettina Love pushes usto consider, being a co-conspirator (not just an ally)requires us to put something on the line, to take risks(https://vimeo.com/502300589). Risk-taking requires thateducators feel their administration and Board have theirbacks, have engaged in deep learning themselves, andare adamant that this work is not an initiative we will seeevaporate in a year. The work must be consistent and thelearning is ongoing. Like all professional learning, one-offtrainings are not enough. Educators, staff, and all folx inour buildings and on our buses need sustained, iterativelearning opportunities on gender and sexuality inclusivity.These learning spaces must afford opportunities to:COVID-19 Pandemic (https://library.ncte.org/journals/elq/issues/v45-1/31976 )Finally, we must center community practices that moveus beyond performance into legitimate commitment tofostering inclusive spaces. We must: 1) prioritize LGBTQIA+vendors, artists, authors, & performers who work withour children, 2) offer learning for parents, families, andcaregivers, and 3) leverage librarians & library mediaspecialists for their brilliance in not only curating diversetexts, but then supporting educators in using them. Thesemoves bring the structures of our Board policies to lifeand inform curricular moves that take us beyond virtuesignals like the safe space sticker to environments whereyouth would actually report felt and palpable impacts ofour commitment. Ultimately, the education to which allchildren are entitled is one where we don’t have to tellthem we are co-conspirators for gender and sexualityinclusivity, but rather it is evident through our policies,practices, and relationships. Our commitment becomesembedded, it is proactive rather than reactive, and it centersunderstandings of the complex relationship of race, power,gender, and sexuality, demanding education that looks atpeople as whole beings and their liberation as humancentered,grounded in love and justice.1. explore how our own gender and sexualityinforms our teaching,2. navigate tools and strategies for classroompractices that center inclusivity for LGBTQIA+identities and demonstrate an understandingof human-centered teaching through anintersectional lens,3. scaffold changes in texts used such thateducators have support in navigating themesthat they may be uncomfortable and illpreparedto navigate with students.Diversifying the books in our libraries means nothingif they collect dust and never evoke the rich discussionspossible. One phenomenal place to start is exploring thework of LGBTQIA+ scholars themselves like shea wesleymartin and Jessica Lifshitz in this article, Chasing Rainbowsin Stormy Weather: Reading and Discussing LGBTQ+YAL as Liberatory Professional Development During theFREEDRIVE-UPCOVID-19 TESTING131 COVENTRY STREETHARTFORD, CTFOR MORE INFORMATION CALL| 8
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