LGBTQ2S+ Teacher Resource Books

• Prism toolkit (English) 
• Prism toolkit (French) 
• Schools in Transition: a Guide for supporting transgender students in K–12
• Supporting Transgender and Transexual students in K-12 Schools  
  
• Two Spirit Resources   

Handbooks with lesson plans 

• Gender Spectrum Handbook: What Educators Need to Know 
• Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs handbook 
• Challenging Homophobia in Schools handbook
• BCTF Bibliography of Book and Video Resources – Fiction and Non-Fiction for K-12 
• LGBTQ Resource List-Edmonton Public Schools and the Edmonton Public Library
• Making Space - Government publication to support teachers in discussing social justice issues across the K-12 curriculum.
• Questions and answers: Sexual orientation in schools  published by Public Health Agency of Canada - addresses the most commonly asked questions regarding the sexual orientation of youth in schools. It will assist educators, principals, and policy-makers in creating more supportive school environments for LGBTQ youth. /p>
• Questions and answers: Gender identity in schools  published by Public Health Agency of Canada - intended to address the most commonly asked questions regarding the gender identity of youth in schools. It will help educators, principals, and policy-makers create healthy school environments for youth struggling with issues of gender identity.
• VBE Guidelines: School Support for Trans* and Gender Nonconforming Students  

Background Information

• Denison, E., & Kitchen, A. (2015). Out on the Fields: The first international study on homophobia in sport. Repucom.
• Chronology of advances in LGBTQ rights in Canada and in BC - Includes court cases and legal issues 
  
• Haelle, T. (2015, May 6). For gay children, bullying begins early, happens often: Study. DoctorsLounge.com.
  
• Homosexuality and the Holocaust – Pink triangle trivia  
•  Informal mentoring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. Mulcahy, M., Dalton, S., Kolbert, J., & Crothers, L. (2016) The Journal of Educational Research, 109(4): 405-412
  
• LGBT issues in schools by Glen Hansman. Teacher Newsmagazine, Volume 17, Number 5, March 2005  
• Nowehere to run
• Queer Education Around the World  by James Chamberlain. Teacher Newsmagazine, Volume 22, Number 2, October 2009   
  
• Schuster, M.A., et al. (2015). A longitudinal study of bullying of sexual-minority youth. [Letter to the editor.] New England Journal of Medicine, 372(19): 1872-1874.
  
• Story on 98 year old gay Holocaust survivor