In most cases, that should just be a matter of adding "And, by the way, so-and-so was a homosexual (or bisexual or transgender) person." to a lesson. It's not like teachers need to go out of their...
"It's critical that our classrooms highlight the achievements of LGBTQ people throughout history,"
In most cases, that should just be a matter of adding "And, by the way, so-and-so was a homosexual (or bisexual or transgender) person." to a lesson. It's not like teachers need to go out of their way to find LGBTQ people throughout history who have made contributions and achieved things: they're everywhere. And a lot of them are already covered in course material. It's just a matter of pointing out that so-and-so was an LGBTQ person, rather than glossing over that fact.
In most cases, that should just be a matter of adding "And, by the way, so-and-so was a homosexual (or bisexual or transgender) person." to a lesson. It's not like teachers need to go out of their way to find LGBTQ people throughout history who have made contributions and achieved things: they're everywhere. And a lot of them are already covered in course material. It's just a matter of pointing out that so-and-so was an LGBTQ person, rather than glossing over that fact.
Sally Ride, Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Alan Turing, Alexander the Great, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, Plato/Socrates, Eleanor Roosevelt . . .