J.B. Mayo, Jr., Gay Teachers' Negotiated Interactns wh Their Stunts and (Straight) Colleagu, The High School Journal, Vol. 92, No. 1 (Oct. - Nov., 2008), pp. 1-10
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A TEXAS TEACHER FAC LOSG HER JOB AFTER FIGHTG FOR GAY PRI SYMBOLS SCHOOL
A battle over rabow stickers at MacArthur High School Irvg, Texas, has hobbled the Gay-Straight Alliance and left LGBTQ stunts feelg unsafe. * english teacher gay student meme *
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And that msage is that English teachers n work to make their classrooms affirmg and lovg spac for stunts even when broar school stctur rema entrenched wh homo-, trans-, bi-, and queerphobia. Too often, cisgenr, whe gay male narrativ bee a stand- for “LGBTQ texts, ” th erasg the diversy of LGBTQ muni. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and s cematic adaptatn Love, Simon are worthy of space classrooms, but they nnot be the sole texts.
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