After reading this article from Toronto District School Board, I found some information that I quoted from this article that is quite interesting. You may view more information from this website concerning “Challenging Homophobia and Heterosexism: A K-12 Curriculum Resource Guide” below is the hyperlink.
“Anti-homophobia education is no different from education to combat harassment and discrimination related to race, religion, gender, disability, or class. People will only be treated with respect if the biases, stereotypes, prejudices, myths, and negative ideas about them are dispelled.
Furthermore, students, teachers, and administrators must have first-hand information and understanding of the experiences of groups that have been underserved, misrepresented, and discriminated against. All this requires education, which in the context of addressing homophobia and heterosexism means anti-homophobia education.
For example, in the younger grades, when students are discussing or reading about different kinds of family arrangements, a storybook that portrays same-sex families may be included. Later, when students are learning about common stereotypes and misconceptions about a variety of minority groups, discussion about common stereotypes and misconceptions about LGBTQ people may take place.
Anti-homophobia education does not encourage children to become lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirited, or queer. Sexual orientation (whether one is or will be attracted to people of the same or opposite sex) is deep-seated and personal, and cannot be changed or influenced by reading a book or hearing a presentation.”
Retrieved from: http://word.ca/TDSB%20Equity%20%20Inclusive%20Curriculum%20-%20See%20page%2010%20!.pdf
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This was a gift given to me on my last day of student teaching in Leesburg, Ga by the students and my master teacher in May of 2010. I treasure this gift because it reminds me of the passion and the ambition they felt for me.
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