High school is a challengg time for most teens. It n be even more so for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stunts. Judy Chiasson of the Los Angel Unified School District and Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network talk about beg openly LGBT school.
Contents:
- THE GAYBCS
- CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
- GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
- WHAT'S LIFE LIKE FOR GAY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
THE GAYBCS
Gay kids are g out earlier — sometim middle school — and many are fdg acceptance. But some parents and teachers wonr if the kids are too young to really know their sexual orientatn. * the gay kids *
In The GayBCs, M. Webb’s playful illtratns and lively poems light the bety of embracg one’s tt self—om A is for Aro and Ace to F is for Fay to T is for GayBCs is a heartwarmg and accsible gift to show kids and adults alike that every person is worthy of beg celebrated.
Webb is the thor and illtrator of THE GAYBCs. ; the terms tend to favour gay male cultural terms (wtf even is a kiki? The topic will likely e up discsn at some pot later on when they're olr, unls they've already been exposed to unsavoury and appropriate behavurs, or, alternatively, they have gay parents (which may require some explanatn and 's simple - sometim people like people that have the same body parts).
Lgbtq1, 008 reviews17 followersMay 31, 2019GayBC’s was adorable. 1, 873 reviews510 followersJuly 4, 2020The GayBCs is a unique book g the alphabet to expla all about the basics of LGBTQ+.
CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
I would say ’s more foced on gay male/drag cultural touchston (wh words clud for Kiki, vogue, sashay, etc. THE GAYBC’s is the perfect nversatn starter for fai and their kids who are cur about the LGBTQIA+ muny. (For ntext, lbians, gays, bisexuals, trans, queer, and tersex folk all get page-space on their assigned letters.
Wh "The GayBCs" you n teach a child the alphabet g LGBTQA termology. To rell the first gay character a kids' movie or the first children's rtoon to feature a queer weddg don't require lookg back very far.
They'd ce age-appropriatens as a reason to scrap whole storyl, character arcs, or even ancillary referenc to gay culture. They want their children to see gay characters, bisexual characters, trans and nonbary characters, jt as much as they want to see strong female characters and racially diverse on.
GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
"05The First Biracial Gay Couple on NickeloonJt before Lln Loud opens his ont door to iend Cly McBri and his parents a 2016 episo of rtoon seri The Loud Hoe, he looks directly at viewers and says, "This is ...
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WHAT'S LIFE LIKE FOR GAY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
08The First Full Comg-Out Storyle on a Disney Channel ShowThe Disney Channel's Andi Mack ma history wh the work's first storyle about a gay character g out. In a historic plot twist, that special someone walkg down the aisle isn't the woman om lunch but a gay man, er, aardvark, named Patrick.
"12The First Openly Gay Pixar CharacterOnward — about two teen brothers who attempt to e magic to spend a day wh their late father — om 2020 is the first Pixar movie to clu an openly gay character. Former child actor Brian Falduto says that he wasn’t able to e out until his senr year of llege bee of the stggl he faced after beg dubbed “the gay kid” om “School of Rock.
“I was so much nial [about my sexualy growg up], ” he said on the “Cooper and Anthony Show, ” “Thk about : I was the fifth gra when this movie me out and I was lled gay, and then someone told me that’s not ol, so I was jt like, ‘Oh, ok, then I’m not gay’. “So I was nyg before I even had a notn of what [beg gay] was, ” he told rad hosts Cooper Lawrence and Anthony Michaels. Beg known as “the gay kid” om “School of Rock” stopped Brian Falduto om g out for years.