By Kourtnie Hunter, DMS ELA & Collaborative Teacher I had the recent pleasure to listen to a conversation between students and a colleague about what makes a safe space for LGBTQ+ students. They discussed how a particular space in a school can hold power enough to help students who identify as part of this community feel at ease and safe. I began to wonder if my own classroom had that same feeling. Was my classroom a safe space? I began to consider what I could do to make sure my classroom was deemed a safe space for my students. The most obvious, as the students shared (yet one I had not done), was to post the safe space triangle graphic in or outside of my room. This was an evident, clear way to show students your support and the safety guaranteed right as they enter the classroom. As I kept thinking, I came up with other ways to make my classroom more LGBTQ+ friendly.
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Tracy Maher
10/26/2021 08:41:46 am
Great ideas, Kourtnie. It all starts with everyone taking small steps to make all students comfortable. The visual safe place graphic shows that your door is always an open door.
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Greg Murphy
11/1/2021 08:44:56 am
Thanks for this info on the LGBTQ students. Very helpful and informative.We all need to get up to speed on this community especially if we are in education.
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