“How Could We Have Been Brave(r)?” Reflections of Two Queer Teacher Educators

• In Event: Navigating Identity, Politics, and Resistance: Social Studies Educators Confronting Discomfort in a Polarized World

Abstract

In an effort repair ongoing trauma imposed upon queer teachers, teacher educators, and the students we teach, two queer-identified, social studies teacher educators unpack their missed opportunities and fears centered on the inclusion of queer-focused materials in our classes. Reflecting back on their practices that span different decades and geographic locations, they ask the following questions: How could we have been brave(r)? What did we do or not do to support and/or include LGBTQ+ curriculum in our courses and why?

Authors

• J.B. Mayo, University of Minnesota

• Andrew J. Schiera, University of Colorado - Boulder