Middle/High School Resources:

Middle School:

- LGBTQ Reads is a site dedicated to promoting curated LGBTQIAP+ literature for all ages.

-LGBTQ+ Inclusive Schools Booklist for Middle School. Most, if not all, of these books are in our U-32 Library. We are reading them and would love to see our teachers reading them too!

- This is the information and data from the Trevor Project’s 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.

-What's So Bad About "That's So Gay"? is a lesson to explore the impact of this saying and how to empower students to express their opinions about bullying and other important issues.

High School:

- Justice for the Cities: “As LGBTQ+ Students, We Demand a Curriculum that Recognizes our History and Identities” is a powerful article written by two students passionate about fighting for an equal schooling system.

-Incorporating Queer History into US History - a very interesting podcast sure to inspire!

-LGBTQ+ History Booklist - what book or chapter from one of these books could you add to our lessons? We need to see ourselves in our history!

--LGBTQ+ Inclusive Schools Booklist for High School. Make it a goal to read a book from this list. When we see our teachers reading LGBTQ+ inclusive books, we feel affirmed and supported!

- Here is a resource with 30 LGBTQIA+ books for kids and teens.

-A list of LGBTQIA+ artists curated by The Art Teacher.

Math & Science:

Gender-Inclusive Biology explores how using a gender-inclusive framework to adapt any biology lesson to be inclusive of diverse gender, sex, or sexuality.

Gender-Inclusive Biology lessons and activities. What might you augment about a current lesson plan?

-LGBTQ+ related resources and articles for science teachers to promote inclusion and celebrate LGBT Stem Day, an international day celebrating LGBT people in science, technology, engineering, and math.

-The article "How Do We Make Math Class More Inclusive of Trans and Non-Binary Identities" is a great starting point for ensuring math classes are sites for belonging and visibility.

-So many resources to explore from "How do we present gender, sex, and sexuality as part of inclusive and accurate science teaching?" curated by STEM Teaching Tools.

-An incredible handout about why LGBTQ+ inclusivity matters in math from a webinar from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics called "From Inclusion to Inqu[ee]ry"