Research indicates that LGBTQ youth face distinct social and emotional challenges in educational settings, significantly impacting their overall well-being and academic performance.
Social Emotional Effects on Missing LGBTQ Culture and History
Challenges on Implementation
Challenges faced by teachers
Meyer, Elizabeth J, Quantz, Mary, Taylor, Catherine, & Peter, Tracey. (2019). Elementary Teachers' Experiences with LGBTQ-inclusive Education: Addressing Fears with Knowledge to Improve Confidence and Practices. Theory into Practice, 58(1), 6–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2018.1536922
Factors Impacting Implementation of Evidence-Based Strategies to Create Safe and Supportive Schools for Sexual and Gender Minority Students
Green, Amy E, Willging, Cathleen E, Ramos, Mary M, Shattuck, Daniel, & Gunderson, Lara. (2018). Factors Impacting Implementation of Evidence-Based Strategies to Create Safe and Supportive Schools for Sexual and Gender Minority Students. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63(5), 643–648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.06.004
Many hesitate to transform their curricula and practices because of fear of community protest
Page, Michelle L. (2017). Teaching in the Cracks: Using Familiar Pedagogy to Advance LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 60(6), 677–685. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.616
Missing History Effects
Students' Perspectives on LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum
Snapp, Shannon D, Burdge, Hilary, Licona, Adela C, Moody, Raymond L, & Russell, Stephen T. (2015). Students' Perspectives on LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum. Equity & Excellence in Education, 48(2), 249–265. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2015.1025614
Difference in rates of victimization can explain LGBTQ youths' greater rates of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and unexcused absences from school
Robinson, Joseph P, & Espelage, Dorothy L. (2012). Bullying Explains Only Part of LGBTQ—Heterosexual Risk Disparities: Implications for Policy and Practice. Educational Researcher, 41(8), 309–319. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X12457023
How LGBTQ youth and their non-LGBTQ peers felt at school and how they perceived social and academic experience
White, Arielle E, Moeller, Julia, Ivcevic, Zorana, Brackett, Marc A, & Stern, Robin. (2018). LGBTQ Adolescents’ Positive and Negative Emotions and Experiences in U.S. High Schools. Sex Roles, 79(9), 594–608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-017-0885-1
LGBTQ Youth School to Prison Pipeline
Snapp, Shannon D, Hoenig, Jennifer M, Fields, Amanda, & Russell, Stephen T. (2015). Messy, Butch, and Queer. Journal of Adolescent Research, 30(1), 57–82. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558414557625