This special episode includes a panel discussion by and about queer teachers who are making a difference in their classrooms!

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On this week’s mini-episode, Miss F reviews four LGBT-inclusive books that are perfect for elementary school children.

To learn more about age-appropriate inclusive reads, check out the following:

https://medium.com/@katieishizukastephens/21-childrens-books-uplifting-lgbtqia-voices-history-and-culture-3b16accc4beb

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lgbtq-kids-books-pride-month_us_5b1023bce4b0fcd6a834bbdb

On this week’s episode, Miss F reviews four LGBT-inclusive books that are perfect for the high school teacher’s classroom library!

More resources available at…

http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2015/06/09/an-updated-graphic-guide-to-lgbtq-ya-literature-for-pride-month/

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/john-depasquale/2017/Create-Inclusive-Affirming-Schools-for-LGBT-Students/

https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/rainbow-books-lists

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On this special episode of "Queering the Classroom," we speak with three queer youth from Time Out Youth in Charlotte, North Carolina, about starting back to school, advice for teachers with LGBT+ students, and words of encouragement for their peers.

There will be no episode next week, but we'll be back the first week in September!

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This week, we are sharing a special interview with PFLAG parent and chapter president Ashley Nurkin. Ashley heads up the Charlotte, North Carolina chapter of PFLAG, and she talks about raising her trans daughter and navigating elementary school with a transitioning child.

Resources mentioned in this week's episode: http://www.pflag.org http://www.pflagcharlotte.org http://www.timeoutyouth.org https://www.genderspectrum.org Music c/o purpleplanet.com

On today's episode, Miss F reads an e-mail from one of our listeners and talks about the history of PFLAG in preparation for next week's interview.

For more information about PFLAG, please visit http://pflag.org. To hear your story or question read on one of our episodes, e-mail us at [email protected].

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On this episode of "Queering the Classroom," we speak with Rebby and Parker from Time Out Youth in Charlotte, North Carolina about the importance of GSAs and the impact they can have on a school community.

To learn more about Time Out Youth, visit http://www.timeoutyouth.org and follow them on Instagram @timeoutyouthcenter.

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Today's episode is a brief foray into the world of GSAs in order to prepare us for next week's episode in which we will be hearing from Rebby and Parker of Time Out Youth (timeoutyouth.org) about the role of GSAs in schools. That interview -- which was originally scheduled to drop today -- will be available next Friday, August 3rd. Sorry for the inconvenience!

On this week's episode, Miss F reads YOUR school-age coming out stories! Thank you to Grace, Lilith, Ravin, and Oliver for writing to us at [email protected].

Tune in next week for an interview with Rebby and Parker of Time Out Youth Charlotte for a discussion on the importance of GSAs in our secondary schools!

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On this week's episode of "Queering the Classroom," Miss F speaks to one of her former students about what it was like coming out to friends, teachers, parents, and classmates while in high school!

If you have a coming out story you'd like to share, please send it to us at [email protected] and we may read your story on next week's episode!

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