education

children's books

education

book lists

40 LGBTQ-Friendly Picture Books for Ages 0-5

Spread the gay agenda with these colourful, easy-to-read books teaching love, acceptance, and science.

Fikri —

Jul 30, 2014

christian college gay

christianity

politics + activism

Quaker School Wins Religious Exemption to Exclude Trans Student From Campus Housing

African American trans student Jayce M has lost an appeal to receive on campus housing at George Fox University after the Department of Education granted the school a religious exemption…

Adrian —

Jul 12, 2014

Arizona

cece mcdonald

politics + activism

LGBTQ Students Need Representation in Textbooks — and a Whole Lot More

On the 45th anniversary of Stonewall and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, it is worth interrogating how we learn and know our histories — and the conditions…

Maddie —

Jul 3, 2014

Daily Fix

economics

politics + activism

Slut-Shaming Becomes Even Grosser Than You Thought With Bonus Classism

“Good Girls” reminds us that patriarchy is not only a tool for men, but a tool for women with other privileged identities to use against women with marginalized identities.

Maddie —

Jun 5, 2014

Daily Fix

education

politics + activism

There May Be Two Sides to Every Story; That Doesn’t Mean They’re Both Important

Wisconsin’s Janesville School District issued an apology for showing a pro-marriage-equality video without also showing an anti-equality rebuttal. When it comes to educating kids, though, that kind of “fairness” doesn’t…

Rachel —

May 15, 2014

Daily Fix

education

politics + activism

What Will It Take For 200 Missing Nigerian Girls To Be Rescued?

In what sounds like a too-horrifying-to-be-true story, 234 teenage girls were kidnapped from their school in northern Nigeria by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram two weeks ago. Nigerians are…

Mey —

May 2, 2014

college

Daily Fix

society + culture

Yup It’s True, Trans and Queer Students Get Title IX Protections Too

“Title IX’s sex discrimination prohibition extends to claims of discrimination based on gender identity or failure to conform to stereotypical notions of masculinity or femininity and OCR accepts such complaints…

Maddie —

May 2, 2014

Daily Fix

education

politics + activism

Here’s How NYC Public Schools Plan To Better Support Their Trans* Students

With 1.1 million students, NYC is the largest public school system in the country, and has a lot of influence setting standards for how other big school systems and states…

Maddie —

Mar 14, 2014

education

Roundtables

coming out

Roundtable: On Coming Out In Our Applications, Interviews, and Lives

Should you tell your dream school that you’re queer in your college application? What about your future employer? The New York Times got us talking about this so we put…

the team —

Dec 13, 2013

education

playlists

Playlist: You Have So Much Grading To Do

At times like this, the only way to get through it is to get serious and be efficient. You can only spend X amount of time on each grade, and…

Rachel —

Nov 12, 2013

college

education

school

Teach Me Your Ways: The Teachers Who Helped Make Us Queer

Many of us were lucky enough to have teachers who didn’t make us queer as such, but they did help make it a little easier on us, sometimes even before…

the team —

Oct 11, 2013

education

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

Read A F*cking Book: Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf

Basically, this book is one big giant sex-ed zine, but it’s a book.

A.E. Osworth —

Oct 3, 2013