Chapter 9 Toolkit: Homophobia

The Heteronormative Agenda: The Dangers and Ignorance of Homophobia

What to Read

1 . Things We Couldn’t Say by Jay Coles

2 . Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee

3 . Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

4 . Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

5 . Ace: What Sexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

  • 6 . Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

    7 . A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

    8 . The Stonewall Reader by New York Public Library

    9 . Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene A. Carruthers

    10 . Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

    11 . The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (YA)

What to Watch

1 . Moonlight

2 . Fire Island

3 . Paris is Burning

4 . Pariah

5 . Love Simon 

6 . Blue is the Warmest Color

Organizations to Support

1 . The Trevor Project 

2 . PFLAG

3 . Equality Florida

4 . EPIC

5 . True Colors United

  • 6 . OutRight International

    7 . Lambda Legal

    8 . GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

    9 . Human Rights Campaign

    10 . It Gets Better Project

    11 . Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

    12 . The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth

What You Can Do

1 . Speak out against anti-LGBTQ harassment and discrimination.

2 . Speak out against the use of anti-LGBTQ slurs.

3 . Stand up to people who display bias and prejudice: correct them when they’re wrong, and call them out when they’re blatantly disrespectful or inconsiderate.

4 . Read, learn about and discuss LGBTQ issues and the rights of LGBTQ students.

5 . Advocate for my school to adopt and enforce a nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.

6 . Request books by LGBTQ authors and about LGBTQ people and issues for the school library.

7 . Be a role model for kindness and inclusion.

8 . Support your school’s Gay-Staright Alliance club or other groups that support students of the LGBTQ community.

Keep The Conversation Going

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