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We must all work to create safer spaces in schools and in our communities for trans and nonbinary students, especially with the increase in politically motivated attacks on the rights of transgender youth to receive gender-affirming care. Understanding what that care entails and how to provide it is essential. The willingness to learn will help you counter disinformation that endangers LGBTQ+ youth. These LFJ resources can help.
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Affirming Nonbinary Youth
What specific supports do transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming youth need from their schools and communities? Do your LGBTQ+ support and advocacy programs include and welcome transgender and nonbinary students? What can you do to create a more supportive environment for trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming young people? This LFJ toolkit can help.
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Ask Courageous Questions and Advocate
Nefetari Yancie, Ph.D., learned from her family to “Ask, investigate and advocate” for social justice. She explains why she serves as an educator and writes, “I teach because I am a learner and I need to instill this same drive to learn and ask questions in my students.” On this, the 28th anniversary of World Teachers’ Day, read more of her story in the Spring 2022 issue of Learning for Justice magazine.
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Counter the Erasure of Trans and Nonbinary Identities
No matter what, newly written laws or rewrites to governmental policy cannot write people’s innate identities out of existence. There are things educators and all adults can do right now to help protect trans and nonbinary students and young people in our communities. This LFJ resource addresses what’s at stake.
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Look for Learning for Justice Magazine in October
“Teaching is an ethical responsibility,” educator Skye Tooley, who is transgender, explains in the upcoming issue of Learning for Justice magazine, “... and it’s an educator’s responsibility to create an inclusive space where students can express those parts of themselves.” Celebrate World Teachers’ Day by reading the full story when the magazine reaches mailboxes later this month and visit our website for subscription information.
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Check Out What We’re Reading
“The proceedings were ‘purely ceremonial,’ the court’s public information office noted, as Justice Jackson has been a member of the court since she was sworn in on June 30. But the event was nonetheless stately and steeped in history.” — The New York Times
“The history of the oldest known permanent Asian American settlement remains mysterious and as murky as the mosquito-infested marshland it was built on. Saint Malo was first established as a fishing village along the shores of Lake Borgne in Louisiana in the 18th century and continued to flourish until the 20th century.” — History
“On Oct. 1, 1851, the struggle against slavery in the United States centered on this man’s body, and his forceful liberation became a community holiday, ‘Jerry Rescue Day,’ marked with poetry, song and fundraising.” — The Washington Post
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