LGBTQ+ History in High School Classes in the United States since 1990

Stacie Brensilver Berman is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, USA.

Reading through these chapters with the knowledge of current events makes Berman’s historical tracing ever more prescient and necessary for all educators to understand and take into account in the ways that we withstand and resist the current forces that seek to erase LGBTQ+ histories from schools.

• List of FiguresPrefaceForeword, Blanche Wiesen Cook and Robert CohenAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Making History: The LGBTQ+ Movement’s Evolving Struggle for Acknowledgement and Inclusivity2. Building a Model: LGBTQ+ History and Higher Education 3. Expanding Awareness: LGBTQ+ Content in Students’ Lives4. Creating Community: LGBTQ+ Content in Social Studies Classes5. Two Steps Forward: LGBTQ+ History Resources and the Obstacles They Face6. The FAIR Act: A Legislative Victory for LGBTQ+ History Education 7. Victory Deferred?: Implementing LGBTQ+ Curriculum Laws 8. Compelled to Act: Teachers Who Include LGBTQ+ History9. Innovations at the Grassroots Level: LGBTQ+ History in High School Classroom Instruction10. Impact at the Grassroots: Challenges and Rewards in Teaching LGBTQ+ HistoryConclusionBibliographyAppendix A: List of Teacher InterviewsAppendix B: List of Activist and Scholar InterviewsAppendix C: Online Resources for Teaching LGBTQ History Index