This week’s episode features Michael Kozuch, a seasoned history teacher in Massachusetts. Michael will share the ways his 1990s involvement with Queer Nation shaped his early queer identity and how his identity has shaped his experience working within a public school system

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Jenni talks to Mackenzie from The Get Real Movement and Bianca, a 12-year-old lesbian, about the challenges and complexities of being queer during a global pandemic.

Jenni interviews Dr. Laura M. Jimenez from Boston University’s Literacy and Language program about queer representation in children’s and YA literature as well as the gatekeepers of the publishing industry.

Some reading/research recommendations from Dr. Jimenez (some included in interview, some not):
Malinda Lo
Anna-Marie McLemore (gender non binary)- When the Moon Was Ours
Alex Gino
Marko Tamaki
Adrienne Kisner-Dear Rachel Maddow
Erika L. Sanchez-I am Not your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Shana White, EdS-STEM @shanavwhite, www.shanavwhite.com

Lee & Lowe Books Diversity Baseline Survey: https://blog.leeandlow.com/2020/01/28/2019diversitybaselinesurvey/

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I interview amateur Queer historian, Randy Hoffman, about the history of the term queer. We explore what queer means and how it feels to claim queer as a label.

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