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Dealing with discrimination

1. Focus on your strengths. Focusing on your core values, beliefs and perceived strengths can motivate people to succeed, and may even buffer the negative effects of bias.
2. Seek support systems.
3. Get involved.
4. Help yourself think clearly.
5. Don’t dwell.
6. Seek professional help.

Effective strategies to address school violence included: having manageable class sizes; training teachers to identify aggressive learners; building relationships with the communities within which schools were located (relationships with the parents, the learners and the broader community);

1. Practice your communication.
2. Involve parents in schools operations.
3. Make students part of the team.
4. Vary your Fire Drills.
5. Download Nixle.
6. Know your campus.
7. Have a plan for non-school day activities.
8. Research.

What Teachers Can Do

1. Educate Yourself.
2. Check Your Biases.
3. Teach Inclusively.
4. Be Visible.
5. Respond to Anti-LGBTQ Behavior.
6. Support Students Who Come Out.
7. Support a Student GSA.
8. Revisit Your School Policies.

LGBTQ Support in Schools

• Terminology Matters.
• Gender ≠ Sex.
• Survey Students for Their Gender Pronouns and Family Situation.
• Visibly Show Students/Colleagues Your Support.
• Avoid and Address Microaggressions.
• Evaluate Curriculum and Assess Opportunities for Queer Inclusion.

State laws

• Louisiana.
• Mississippi.
• Oklahoma.
• Texas.
• Alabama.
• Arizona.
• North Carolina.
• Utah.

LGBT Pride Month occurs in the United States to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world. Three presidents of the United States have officially declared a pride month.