English Language Arts/ General
“Sorry, but Aren’t We Already Queering the Curriculum?” Storying How Three Literacy Teachers Experience Productive Tensions as They Develop a Community of Practice toward Queering Their Curriculum
Using narrative inquiry the author describes how three middle school literacy teachers developed a Community of Practice around a shared goal of adding a queer and intersectional lens to their curriculum.
Community, Accountability, and Solidarity: How a Queer-Facilitated Online LGBTQIA+-Inclusive Book Club Supported Ally Teachers in Schools
This article explores how a queer-led online book club supported straight teachers in finding ways to enact LGBTQIA+-inclusive literacy pedagogy.
Children’s Literature: Grooming Fear: Using Haunting Rhetorics to Ban LGBTQIA+ Texts and Teachers from US Classrooms
The column demonstrates how grooming rhetorics threaten educators who center LGBTQIA+ youth in their text selection and how to resist through advocacy with diverse youth literature.
From Language Arts to Learning Communities: Navigating the Road to Allyship and Beyond by Uplifting Queer-Inclusive Teaching Practices
Note: I enter into this space as a cis-gendered heterosexual educator. While I am not an expert in creating queer-inclusive communities I have a wealth of experience in supporting literacy leaders in their work to become more intentional about cultivating spaces where all members of their community feel seen heard and that they belong.