Queer girls in class : lesbian teachers and students tell their classroom stories by Horvitz, Lori instant download

Queer girls in class : lesbian teachers and students tell their classroom stories by Horvitz, Lori instant download

ix, 181 pages ; 24 cm, Queer Girls in Class is a compilation of personal essays by lesbian teachers and students who speak about sexual identity and its influence on the teaching and learning process. The mission of this anthology is to provide, through personal stories, an analysis of how sexuality--specifically, how identifying as a queer woman--can affect classroom dynamics in high school and university settings. Despite a perceived cultural acceptance of the GLBTQ community in the media, many gays and lesbians still suffer from their own internalized homophobia, as well as the homophobia of the outside world. These twenty-six essays give readers the opportunity to recognize, connect with, and critically think about the personal and political challenges and triumphs that queer women, whether out of the closet or not, have experienced in the classroom and beyond.--From publisher description, Includes bibliographical references, Introduction / Lori Horvitz -- Of Quarterbacks and Quarantine / Carol Guess -- Personal, Political, Pedagogical, Performative, and Praxis : Queer in the Classroom : Five Not-So-Easy Pieces / Lee Ann Roripaugh -- The Personal as Productive? : Sexual Embodiment and Identity in the Women's Studies Classroom / Michelle Spiegel -- Dear Diary : A Narrative Journal of My First Years as a 'Fag Teacher' / Stacy Fox -- Hey Virginia : What's the Writing on the Wall? / Jennifer Smith -- From Classroom to Family / Sassafras Lowrey -- The Queerosphere : Musings on Queer Studies and Creative Writing Classrooms (On Poetry, Creativity, and the Fleetingness of Things) / Maureen Seaton -- My Battle Armor / Liz Matelski -- We Weren't Queer Yet / Laura M. André -- Mr. Short Hair / Jessica Gardner -- The Week Matthew Shepard Died / Bonnie J. Morris -- Learning to Be in a Skin / Sarah B. Burghauser -- \"Who Do I Have to Forgive to Move on from this Place?\" : Meditations from a Third World Feminist Lesbian / Kristie Soares -- Transitions / Lori Horvitz -- Dr.…