Literature that reflects the lives of children in LGBTQ families not only validates the children’s experiences but also creates teachable moments for their classmates.

In “Teaching beyond Curricular Certainty: Telling Bayard Rustin’s Story to Kindergarteners” and the associated pullout “Documents for Telling Bayard Rustin’s Story to Kindergarteners,” Corey R. Sell, Dorothy Shapland, Caroline Klein-Callea, and Melanie Ernst look beyond focusing primarily on Martin Luther King Jr. and other celebrated Black Americans. 

The reimagining of an iconic photograph can serve as a jumping off point into a classroom exploration of how LGBTQ people have been framed in television and cinema.

This detailed timeline can be used to spark an engaging classroom lesson on the movement for LGBT rights.

This special section of Social Education offers an array of suggestions and guidelines for integrating LGBTQ+ content into the social studies curriculum.

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