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Two from Womanist Musings:
Teaching Children to be Homophobes
Intersectionality-What It Is and Isn’t
There is nothing inherently natural about teaching a child to hate and as I have seen from my experience as a parent, teaching my child to respect all forms of love does not cause harm, but instead results in a child who is social justice minded and invested in equality. […] This is why I believe that it is essential for schools to begin teaching positive messages about GLBT people. Children should know that GLBT people are a part of human history and have positively advanced our societies.
Queer people need to stop stealing African American history. Homophobia is an equally valid form of oppression and it is insulting to both queer people and people of color (and especially queer people of color) when we appropriate a history that is not ours. We have a history, even if it must now be learned at the knees of our elders and through finding those rare and precious books.Once again, from WEGO Health:
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