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Resources for Schools

These are policies and documents that our school has borrowed from or created to improve our inclusive practices.

Schools in Transition - 2015
A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools. We found Appendix D, Gender Support Plan &
Gender Transition Plan, to be especially helpful.

Recent LGBTQ Fiction Books in the AES MSHS Library

These are just some of the recent titles that have been added to the AES MSHS Library.

LGBTQ+ Collection from the AES Destiny Library Catalog
Look here to see the full collection of titles.

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Call Number: F Realist ATTA
ISBN: 9780062990297
Publication Date: 2020
Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he's navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican--but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, Michael's coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs--and the Black Flamingo is born.
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Call Number: F Fantasy EMEZI
ISBN: 9780525647072
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.
My brother's name is Jessica by John Boyne
Call Number: F Realistic BOYNE
Publication Date: 2019
Sam Waver's older brother, Jason calls his family together to tell them that he's been struggling with a secret for a long time. A secret which quickly threatens to tear them all apart. His parents don't want to know and Sam simply doesn't understand. Because what do you do when your brother says he's not your brother at all? That he thinks he's actually... your sister?
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
Call Number: F Realist BUNKER
Publication Date: 2019
Zenobia July, an excellent coder and hacker, investigates a mystery while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and presenting her true gender for the first time.
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Call Number: GRAPHIC F KOBABE
Publication Date: 2019
An autobiographical comic in which the author discusses their path to identifying as nonbinary and asexual, and coming out to family and society.
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
Call Number: F Realist BLAKE
Publication Date: 2018
"Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school"
Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani
Call Number: GRAPHIC F KAMATANI
Publication Date: 2019
Tasuku is starting to feel at home at the drop-in center--just in time for him to help a younger student who also hangs out there. Misora Shuji likes to wear girls' clothing but is unsure about their gender identity. Will Tasuku's guidance offer Shuji some clarity or just make things harder?
The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
Call Number: F Realist DRAKE
Publication Date: 2019
Inspired loosely by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, teenaged Violet is shipped off to Maine after her brother's hospitalization, where she searches for the lost shipwreck that her great-great grandmother survived and for answers about her family's long struggle with mental illness, all while falling in love.

GSD Professional Development at AES

Helpful Organizations and Sites

Inclusive Language Guide
Gender Spectrum
Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments
for all children and teens.
Mental Health Resources for the LGBTQ+ Community
AllyEd: Towards a More Inclusive Classroom
This site is a gathering of educational resources (categorized by grade level) for inclusion.
It’s Pronounced Metrosexual
Welcome to my corner of the internet! I’m sK, and this is my free online resource for social justice, gender, and sexuality.
The Trevor Project
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
YA Pride
YA Pride "a website and blog dedicated to everything LGBTQIA+ in YA!"
LGBTQ+ INCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
"This website is to serve as a temporary resource where students, teachers, and family members may submit anonymous reviews of international schools that specifically focus on how accepting they are of LGBTQ+ individuals."

Useful resources: Intersectionality

Intersectionality by Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw
This article and visual come from the book: Seeing Gender written by Iris Gottlieb.

Be a Better Ally Podcost

Be a Better Ally Podcast
The Be a Better Ally Podcast is a part of The Be a Better Ally Newsletter mission: engaging educators everywhere with thinking that builds more LGBTQ+ inclusive schools. We host leading thinkers and educators who will inspire you to rethink classroom practice, classroom libraries, and policies that make schools welcoming to your entire community. If you are new to LGBTQ+ work or if you are a veteran of anti-bias education, this podcast is a space for all.

Useful Resources: Gender Identity

Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son
Lori Duron is the author of Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son (Random House, September 2013). The first parenting memoir to chronicle the journey of raising a gender nonconforming child, the book is based on her blog of the same name.

Books in the AES ES Sood Library

These are just some of the titles that have been added to the AES ES Sood Library. For the full list, go to the ES Sood Library catalog, and find the "ES Gender Expression Books" list.

AES ES Sood Library

The Gender Wheel by Maya Gonzalez
Call Number: 305.3 GON
Publication Date: 2017
"Shares a nature-based, inclusive, body positive story of gender"
They She He Me by Matthew Smith-Gonzalez; Maya Gonzalez
Call Number: 305.3 GON
Publication Date: 2017
"Pronouns serve as a familiar starting point for kids and grown-ups to expand ideas about gender and celebrate personal expression with ..."
Neither by Airlie Anderson
Call Number: E AND
Publication Date: 2018
Because Neither is unlike both the rabbits and birds of the Land of This and That, Neither sets out to find a new place where all kinds of creatures are welcome.
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Call Number: F Realistic MOORE
Publication Date: 2017
"A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother's death ..."
Pink and blue| by story, Ritu Vaishnav ; art, Vishnu M. Nair.
Call Number: E VAI
"Pink is for girls , Blue is for boys. Girls play house, Boys play cricket. Cry like a girl , kick like a boy .Sometimes grown-ups can say silly things that just aren't true--not for all kids anyway!

Destiny

Click here to visit Destiny Homepage

LGBTQIA+ in the News and on the Web

20 LGBTQ+ People Who Changed the World
From Out.com

Twitter @GenderSpectrum

GLSEN and AES

GLSEN is an organization dedicated to creating a better world for LGBTQ students through providing resources, conducting research, advocating for policy change, and promoting activism. AES is working closely with GLSEN as we embark on our journey towards inclusion and support for our LGBTQ community.

GLSEN website

GLSEN has many resources for educators, including these:

Teaching Tolerance

Teaching Tolerance Classroom Resources
"From film kits and lesson plans to the building blocks of a customized Learning Plan—texts, student tasks and teaching strategies—our resources will help you bring relevance, rigor and social emotional learning into your classroom—all for FREE.

Not sure where to begin? Get to know our Social Justice Standards, anchor standards and age-appropriate learning outcomes divided into four domains—Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action. The Standards provide a common language and a road map for anti-bias education at every grade level."

New non-fiction books at the AES MSHS Library

These are just some of the recent titles that have been added to the AES MSHS Library. For the full list, go to the library catalog, choose Resource Lists, and find the LGBTQ+ list.

AES MSHS Library Catalog

Trans Teen Survival Guide by Fox Fisher; Owl Fisher
Call Number: 306.76 OWL
Publication Date: 2018
A guide to navigating life as a trans teen that discusses family and friends, cross-hormonal therapy, self-care, expression, identity, dysphoria, and depression, and features real-life trans stories.
A Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski; Richie Chevat
Call Number: 306.76 CHE
Publication Date: 2019
Chronicles the history of homosexuality in the United States from the Puritans through the twentieth century, examining the role of gays, lesbians, bisexual, and transgendered individuals in shaping American culture.
Gender identity : beyond pronouns and bathrooms by Maria Cook; Alexis Cornell (Illustrator); Christine Hallquist (Foreword by)
Call Number: 306.76 COO
Publication Date: 2019
Introduces the cultural significance of gender identity in the United States and beyond. Kids learn about the history of LGBTQ rights.
ACT Up! by Rita Santos
Call Number: 306.76 SAN
Publication Date: 2018
The prejudice of the U.S. government and medical community allowed a disease that could have been contained to spread into a global pandemic. This book also describes how a powerful LGBTQ+ activist movement diverted its attention to the wreckage caused by the HIV and AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 90s.
The Stonewall Riots by Gayle E. Pitman
Call Number: 306.76 PIT
Publication Date: 2019
This book is about the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous, often violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ+) community in reaction to a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
Beating Bullying at Home and in Your Community by Clara MacCarald
Call Number: 306.76 MAC
ISBN: 9781508174226
Publication Date: 2018
From toxic family environments to harassment in the workplace and cyberbullying, LGBTQ+ teens often face bullying beyond the schoolyard. This text explores the issues and lets teens know they're not alone when dealing with this mistreatment.
Trans+ by Karen Rayne; Kathryn Gonzales
Call Number: 306.76 GON
Publication Date: 2019
A guide for teens who are transgender, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, gender-fluid, or questioning their gender identity, and for cis-allies.

50 MUST-READ LGBT FANTASY BOOKS

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