Anna Carlile is Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.Carrie Paechter is Professor of Education and Director of the Nottingham Centre for Children, Young People and Families, Nottingham Trent University, UK.

• Introduction Ideologies of parenting and schooling: visibility, invisibility and alternative family forms Media representations of LGBTQI+ parented families LGBTQI+ parented families and their visibility/invisibility in school policies LGBTQI+ parents’ perspectives on their children’s schools Experiences of children of LGBTQI+ parents at school Usualising’ LGBTQI+ people and issues in schools: the Educate & Celebrate approach to creating school change Conclusion: ways forward for LGBTQI+ parented families and schools