Table of Contents

• About the Editor
  
• Contributors
  
• Foreword (Arthur Lipkin)
  
• Preface
  
• SECTION I: YOUTH VOICES
  
• Reflections on Growing Up Lesbian in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States
  
• Chapter 1. My Story (Rachel Bromley)
  
• Chapter 2. What I Would Have Liked My Teachers to Know (Madelaine Imber)
  
• Chapter 3. On Being Queer (Maayan-Rahel Simon)
  
• Chapter 4. Commentaries (Mary Lou Rasmussen, Ronni Sanlo, Jan M. Goodman, and Íde O’Carroll)
  
• Chapter 5. Authors’ Reactions (Madelaine Imber, Maayan-Rahel Simon, and Rachel Bromley)
  
• Reflections on Being Gay in Japan and China
  
• Chapter 6. Difficulties Japanese Gay Youth Encounter (Akihiko Komiya and Keiko Ofuji [Translator])
  
• Chapter 7. Growing Up Gay in China (Rodge Q. Fann)
  
• Chapter 8. Commentaries (Kevin Jennings, Kathleen Quinlivan, Peter Dankmeijer, William F. Pinar, and Keith Goddard)
  
• Chapter 9. Authors’ Reactions (Rodge Q. Fann and Akihiko Komiya)
  
• SECTION II: RESEARCH AND POLICY
  
• Chapter 10. School Experiences of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth (Sarah E. Holmes and Sean Cahill)
  
• How Many GLBT Youth Are There?
  
• GLBT Youth of Color
  
• Education Policies Affecting GLBT Students
  
• Anti-GLBT Harassment and Violence in the Nation’s Schools
  
• Children of GLBT Parents in Schools
  
• Strength and Resiliency of GLBT Students
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 11. The Research Terrain: A Brief Overview of the Historical Framework for LGBTQ Studies in Education (Laura A. Szalacha)
  
• School Climate
  
• LGBTQ Educational Research and Scholarship
  
• Queer Theories
  
• Chapter 12. Bullying and Homophobia in Canadian Schools: The Politics of Policies, Programs, and Educational Leadership (Gerald Walton)
  
• Bullying As Political
  
• Safety for Some, but Not for All
  
• A Call for Leadership in Schools
  
• SECTION III: PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
  
• Chapter 13. Serving the Needs of Transgendered College Students (Brett Beemyn)
  
• A Note on Language
  
• Trans-Sexology
  
• Transgender in College
  
• Institutional Support for Transgender Students
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 14. It’s Elementary in Appalachia: Helping Prospective Teachers and Their Students Understand Sexuality and Gender (Patti Capel Swartz)
  
• Challenging Teachers in Appalachia
  
• Confronting Prejudice in the Classroom
  
• Writing Through Homophobia
  
• Connecting Oppressions
  
• Parents and Families
  
• Challenging Dominant Thinking
  
• Heterosexual Teachers’ Responsibilities
  
• Pedagogical and Personal Struggles
  
• Chapter 15. A School-Based Program to Improve Life Skills and to Prevent HIV Infection in Multicultural Transgendered Youth in Hawaii (P. Jayne Bopp and Timothy R. Juday)
  
• Methods
  
• Results
  
• Discussion
  
• Chapter 16. Describing Roles That Gay-Straight Alliances Play in Schools: From Individual Support to School Change (Pat Griffin, Camille Lee, Jeffrey Waugh, and Chad Beyer)
  
• Setting, Participants, Data Collection, and Analysis
  
• Roles GSAs Play in Schools
  
• Discussion
  
• Chapter 17. Some Challenges Facing Queer Youth Programs in Urban High Schools: Racial Segregation and Denormalizing Whiteness (Lance Trevor McCready)
  
• Racial Segregation
  
• Normalization of Whiteness
  
• Developing an Awareness of the Relationship Between Contexts and Participation
  
• Denormalizing Whiteness
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

About the Author

James T. Sears