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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Policy Insights Behav Brain Sci. 2021 Sep 11;8(2):160–166. doi: 10.1177/23727322211031938

Table 1:

Recommendations

Policy-makers School Personnel Students & Parents
Inclusive, Enumerated Policies
  • Enact inclusive and enumerated educational laws and policies.

  • Establish and publicize local policies in school districts, schools, and classrooms.

  • Learn about policies in their school and school district.

  • Raise awareness of the need for inclusive and enumerated policies.

  • Advocate for local and state policy change.

  • Learn about policies in their school and school district.

  • Raise awareness of the need for inclusive and enumerated policies.

  • Advocate for local and state policy change.

School Personnel Support & Training
  • Enact policies and provide funding to support school personnel training on addressing discriminatory bullying and implementing safe schools’ strategies

  • Intervene in discriminatory bullying.

  • Seek resources support LGBTQ students.

  • Participate in trainings to better understand their LGBTQ students.

  • Parents should support efforts by schools and school districts to provide LGBTQ- focused professional development and training to school personnel.

  • Students can advocate for, and participate in, LGBTQ-focused professional development for their teachers and other school personnel.

Student- Led Clubs (GSAs)
  • Identify and eliminate barriers to the formation and operation of GSAs and treat them like any other student organization or club.

  • Seek training on how to support GSAs.

  • Support GSAs and other student organizations.

  • Parents and students can advocate for GSAs in their schools

  • Students can start, and participate in GSAs in their schools.

Access to LGBTQ-Related Resources & Curricula
  • Ensure LGBTQ people and history in curricula through state laws, educational guidelines, and school district policies, as well as professional development for school personnel for inclusive curriculum.

  • Be a resource for LGBTQ youth.

  • Ensure that libraries have resources for LGBTQ youth.

  • Request and attend safe zone trainings.

  • Promote visibility and inclusion through visual materials (posters) and in public settings (school assemblies).

  • Appeal to school administrators for LGBTQ-inclusive classroom curricula.

  • Request LGBTQ resource.