“That's a Third Rail Issue” UsingLGBTQ+ Children's Literature as Backup to Counter Pushback

2024/01/10 by Jon M. Wargo, Kierstin Giunco, Kyle P. Smith · 1 voice
Computer Science · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Education Discipline and Inequality #Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/trtr.2278

openalex publication_date 2024/01/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Abstract Offering insights from a research–practice partnership, we examine how five pre‐K–6 teachers discussed using LGBTQ+‐inclusive children's literature as backup to counter curricular censorship and community pushback.

Citations

• Reading LGBT-Themed Literature with Young People: What’s Possible?
• Speaking Volumes: Professional Development Through Book Studies

Discussions

• Honored to contribute this viewpoint to The Reading Teacher! In it we discuss how educators - amidst a backdrop of censorship & controversy - used children's literature as backup to real and perceived [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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