Supporting LGBTQ Students Faced with Harassment – Podcast Episode 176 | Classnotes Podcast 176
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Classnotes Podcast (October 26, 2017) Some young people, especially LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning) kids, are being pushed out of safe and secure learning environments in schools. Now 45 years old, Title IX legislation prohibiting sex-discrimination in federally-funded education programs protects male and female teachers, school staff and students. This includes LBGTQ harassment and assault based on gender stereotypes or gender identity. In this podcast interview for the IDRA EAC-South, Susan Shaffer and Phyllis Lerner outline ways educators can protect LGBTQ children and ensure they have a greater opportunity to learn and be successful in school and beyond.
Susan Shaffer is president of the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc. (MAEC) and executive director of the Center for Education Equity (Region I EAC). Phyllis Lerner is an educational equity consultant and faculty associate, Johns Hopkins University Graduate School of Education.
They are interviewed by Hector Bojorquez, assistant director of the federally-funded IDRA EAC-South, which provides technical assistance and training to build capacity of local educators to serve their diverse student populations.
Show length: 18:08
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Resources
Push Outs – Supporting LGBTQ Students Faced with Sexual & Gender Harassment
by Susan Shaffer and Phyllis Lerner
http://www.idra.org/resource-center/supporting-lgbtq-students-faced-sexual-gender-harassment/
Harsh Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
E. Greytak, J. Kosciw & E. Diaz, GLSEN
http://transcentralpa.org/_content/downloads/GLSEN-Harsh-Realities-Trans-Youth2.pdf
The 2011 National School Climate Survey: The Experiences of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
GLSEN
https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/2011%20National%20School%20Climate%20Survey%20Full%20Report.pdf
Title IX at 45: Advancing Opportunity through Equity Education
National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education
https://www.ncwge.org/TitleIX45/Title%20IX%20at%2045-Advancing%20Opportunity%20through%20Equity%20in%20Education.pdf
The IDRA EAC-South provides technical assistance and training to build capacity of local educators to serve their diverse student populations. The IDRA EAC-South is one of four regional equity assistance centers and serves Region II, which covers Washington, D.C., and 11 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. IDRA is working with staff at the Southern Education Foundation and the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium to develop local capacity in the region among the 2,341 school districts and 29,632 schools with over 1 million educators and 16 million students.
More information is available at http://www.idra.org/eac-south/.
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