"This book is a compilation of articles that appeared previously in the Journal of gay & lesbian issues in education, 1(1) (2003): 33-71; 1(2) (2003): 29-58, 77-87; 1(3) (2004): 7-22, 37-66; 1(4) (2004): 3-36, 41-60"--Title page verso Includes bibliographical references and index In English
Contents:
My story / Rachel Bromley What I would have liked my teachers to know / Madelaine Imber On being "queer" / Maayan-Rahel Simon Commentaries / Mary Lou Rasmussen [and others] Authors' reactions / Madelaine Imber, Maayan-Rahel Simon, Rachel Bromley Difficulties Japanese gay youth encounter / Akihiko Komiya ; Keiko Ofuji (translator) Growing up gay in China / Rodge Q. Fann Commentaries / Kevin Jennings [and others] Authors' reactions / Rodge Q. Fann, Akihiko Komiya School experiences of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth / Sarah E. Holmes, Sean Cahill The research terrain : a brief overview of the historical framework for LGBTQ studies in education / Laura A. Szalacha Bullying and homophobia in Canadian schools: the politics of policies, programs, and educational leadership / Gerald Walton Serving the needs of transgender college students / Brett Beemyn It's elementary in Appalachia: helping prospective teachers and their students understand sexuality and gender / Patti Capel Swartz A school-based program to improve life skills and to prevent HIV infection in multicultural transgendered youth in Hawaii / P. Jayne Bopp, Timothy R. Juday, Cloudia W. Charters Describing roles that gay-straight alliances play in schools: from individual support to school change / Pat Griffin ... [and others] Some challenges facing queer youth programs in urban high schools: racial segregation and denormalizing whiteness / Lance Trevor McCready