June is Pride Month, when cities across the US show support for LGBTQIA+ rights, culture, and communities. In the late 1970s, NCTE began to chart a path forward by insisting that as an organization we had to have a more substantive focus and concentrated attention on inclusion. Read more about our Legacy of Pride here.
At the 2007 Annual Convention in New York, NCTE created a Resolution on Strengthening Teacher Knowledge of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Issues.
Here are some additional related resources from NCTE:
NCTE Resources
- NCTE Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Advisory Committee
- Bookmark on “Fighting Homophobia and Transphobia in ELA“
- NCTE Genders and Sexualities Equality Alliance (GSEA)
- GSEA poster on creating a welcoming learning environment for all students
- NCTE Guidelines for Affirming Gender Diversity through ELA Curriculum and Pedagogy
- NCTE LGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Leadership Award
- Statement on Support for Gender Diversity/Trans, Two-Spirit, and Nonbinary Students, Staff, and Faculty from the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
- “Creating LGBTQIA-Affirming Classrooms and Schools”
- “Identity, Community, and Family: What Love, Victor Can Teach Us about Our Classrooms”
- “Legacy of Pride” blog post
- “Remembering Stonewall’s 50th Anniversary”
- NCTE blog posts from 2022 and 2021
- Follow this link to see articles from NCTE journals related to LGBTQIA+, gender, and queer theory.
NCTE Events
- Teaching Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer
- April 2022 Build Your Stack® session on “A Rainbow of Pride Books“
- Affirming Gender Diversity Through ELA Curriculum and Pedagogy
- CCCC Queerness, Cultural Rhetorics, and Decoloniality: Expanding the Conversation(s)
Activity Ideas and Lesson Plans
- This article shares how reading LGBTQ-inclusive books and discussing issues of power, justice, and fairness can make full-class read-alouds a space for meaningful social justice work with students.
- This activity from ReadWriteThink.org includes a list of age-appropriate books, a discussion-starter guide, and ideas to extend beyond the books.
- Tune in to this podcast to hear about the many ways in which contemporary authors are including gay, lesbian, and transgender characters in their novels for teens.
How have you recognized Pride Month? Please share with NCTE on social media!