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2018
Volume 115, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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This article presents a mediation framework—perceiving, assessing, and restorying queerness—to aid teachers in fostering empathy and affirming LGBTQIA+ lives.

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