This book blends multiple research studies, historical and current events, reflective teaching examples, and guidance for LGBTQ+ inclusion and queer pedagogy in elementary schools. It is divided into three sections to guide the readers from a broad understanding of the hxstories of LGBTQ+ discriminations, rights, and some communities' resistance to LGBTQ+ children, teachers, and curriculum to a focused invitation into the author's own reflections, teaching, and discussions with children about LGBTQ+ literature and topics. The volume provides hxstories, theoretical and methodological inquiry, resources, and encouragement for teacher-researchers ready to engage LGBTQ+-inclusion and queer literacy pedagogy in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

Highlights multigenre writing, arts-based research, and personal reflections Includes resources and support for teachers working towards inclusion and Queer Pedagogy Provides a historical and sociocontextual view of LGBTQ+ issues in the US

Autorentext

Selena E. Van Horn is Associate Professor of Literacy Education and Qualitative Research at California State University, Fresno, USA. She is a former elementary school teacher and continues to research with elementary school teachers and students. She consults for school districts and Educators/administrators interested in LGBTQ+ inclusion and hosts a teacher book club. Her research interests include LGBTQ+-inclusion, queer pedagogy, children s literature, arts-based research/pedagogy, and working for equity and social justice with teachers.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same: LGBTQ+ (In)equities in the US.- 3. LGBTQ+ and Queer Literacy Research: A Review of PK-12 Classrooms and Teacher Preparation.- 4. Marginalizing Queer Identities in a Midwestern Elementary Literacy Curriculum: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis.- 5. Teachers Becoming Allies: Exploring Texts to Find Our Roles as Literacy Teachers and Researchers.- 6. Queering Tensions in Policies, Curriculum, and Classrooms.- 7. Reading Books and Book Club Members After School.- 8. Putting It to Work.