LGBTQ Voices in Education

Veronica E. Bloomfield is Adjunct Faculty in the College of Educational Studies at Chapman University, USA.Marni E. Fisher is Adjunct Faculty in the College of Educational Studies at Chapman University, USA.

"From politicians to pundits to peers, we can hear homophobia normalized and routinized daily, but we can also insist that they not be what frame our experiences or our education, as is the call of Bloomfield, Fisher, and colleagues in this important new book. LGBTQ Voices in Education brings together a refreshingly diverse mix of scholars and educators from various disciplines to inspire changes that educators across grade levels and educational sessions can and should make possible for all of our students."--Kevin Kumashiro, Dean and Professor of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco, USA, and author of Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning toward Social Justice

• ForewordKris De PedroPreface: Entering the Conversation: Dancing with DragonsVeronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. FisherSection I Introduction: Raising Awareness: Troubling the WatersVeronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. FisherChapter One: How Old Ideas Can Help New Teachers: Support for LGBTQ Students as a Core Value Michael SadowskiChapter Two: Exploring LGBTQ Issues in K-12 Education: A Dialogue with Graduate StudentsLynda R. Wiest, Cynthia H. Brock, and Julie L. PenningtonChapter Three: Speaking of Sexuality: Teaching, Learning, and Mothering through the QuestionsVeronica E. BloomfieldChapter Four: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Creating Spaces at the Intersection of Diversity and ControversyMarni E. Fisher and Kevin StockbridgeInterlude I: Traveling PoetStacy E. SchupmannSection II Introduction: Climate and Culture: Fostering Positive IdentitiesVeronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. FisherChapter Five: Educator Evaluations of School Climate for LGBTQ Students: A Reiteration of the Bullying DiscourseMelissa J. Smith and Elizabethe PayneChapter Six: Searching for Self and Society: Sexual and Gender Minority Youth OnlineElise ParadisChapter Seven: Changing School Culture through Gay-Straight AlliancesMarkus Bidell Chapter Eight: Queering Children’s Literature: Rationale and ResourcesDanné E. DavisInterlude II: Do You Need My Queerness to Define Your Straightness: The Pedagogy of Queering-Deviance in the AcademyAnna V. WilsonSection III Introduction: Transformative PracticesVeronica E. Bloomfield and Marni E. FisherChapter Nine: We Recruit: A Queer Pedagogy for Teacher EducationJulia Heffernan and Tina Gutierez-SchmichChapter Ten: Out of the Closet and Into the Classroom: LGBTQ Issues and Inclusive Classroom PracticeSean RobinsonChapter Eleven: Developing Critical DialogueJ. Spencer Clark and James S. BrownChapter Twelve: Queer Earth: Troubling Dirt, Humanness, Gender Assumptions, and Binaries to Nurture Bioculturally Responsive CurriculaMarna HaukDénouement: Speaking UpMarni E. Fisher and Veronica E. BloomfieldList of ContributorsIndex