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Bookmark or Share- Sexual orientation and gender diversitySexual orientation is a component of identity that includes sexual and emotional attraction to another person and the behavior and/or social affiliation that may result from this attraction. Gender identity is one’s self-identification as male, female, or an alternative gender.
- LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curricula - American Psychological Association (APA)Five states require advance parental notification of any LGBTQ-related curricula and that seven states censor discussion of LGBTQ people and issues throughout all school curricula. Data on the status of book banning was not available as this is a more recent and growing development that primarily plays out at the district and community level.
- Understanding sexual orientation and homosexualitySexual orientation refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes.
- Transgender Exclusion in Sports - American Psychological Association (APA)Improving the Lives of LGBTQ Youth in Sports (PDF, 3.68MB) Fact sheets from the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (Div. 44) The Experiences of LGBT Students in School Athletics (PDF, 277KB) GLSEN's research brief; Fact Sheet: Non-Binary Gender Identities (PDF, 2.86MB)
- A brief history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movementsSocial movements, organizing around the acceptance and rights of persons who might today identify as LGBT or queer, began as responses to centuries of persecution by church, state, and medical authorities.
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