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LGBTQ+ Awareness for Educators
Bridget Metzger
Bridget Metzger is an adjunct professor at Gallaudet University. She graduated with her Master’s degree in Social Work from Gallaudet in May 2022. Bridget was a counseling intern with Texas School for the Deaf at the elementary level from January 2022 to May 2022. She has a background working with deaf and hard of hearing populations in the school system, with nonprofit organizations, and through her professorship at Gallaudet University. Bridget identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community and she is an advocate for Deaf LGBTQ+ rights and representation.
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Resources
Safe Zone Project Resource page
Stop Bullying - US government website
National Center for Transgender Equality
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Deaf Queer Resource Center **WEBSITE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT**
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Book Resources
This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids - Dan Owens-Reid & Kristin Russo
Cool for the Summer - Dahlia Adler
Heartstopper, Vol. 1 - Alice Oseman
The GayBCs - M.L. Webb
Let’s Talk About It - Erika Moen & Matthew Nolan
Heather has Two Mommies - Leslea Newman & Laura Cornell
Trans+ - Kathryn Gonzales & Karen Rayne
Queer - Kathy Belge & Marke Bieschke
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns - Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities - Mady G & J.R. Zuckerberg
The ABC’s of LGBT+ - Ashley Mardell
A Queer History of the United States: For Young People - Michael Bronski
Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History - Sarah Prager
Sparkle Boy - Leslea Newman
What Are Your Words? A Book About Pronouns - Katherine Locke
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag - Rob Sanders