ABSTRACT

Approximately seven million students are being raised by LGBTQ+ parents. Marriage equality may prompt more LGBTQ+ families to “come out” to their children’s schools. This has implications for school systems, which are inadequately prepared to support these families. Until now, the focus on LGBTQ+ families has been on how they navigate the school system and advocate for themselves. We think that rather than trying to “fit” families into the existing system, an approach that alters the system to support all families is warranted. We review the literature on LGBTQ+ family issues. Next, we define targets for change in the schools: multicultural competency, heteronormativity, and anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice. Then, we review empirically supported prejudice-reduction interventions that can be employed systems-wide. Finally, we describe an approach to systems change that fits well with the overarching goal to create safe, supportive, and inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ families.

摘要

LGBTQ +父母正在抚养约700万学生。婚姻平等可能会促使更多的LGBTQ +家庭“出来”进入他们的子女学校。这对学校系统有影响，因为学校系统准备不足以支持这些家庭。到目前为止，对LGBTQ +家庭的关注一直集中在他们如何驾驭学校系统并为自己辩护。我们认为，与其试图使家庭“适应”现有的系统，不如通过改变该系统以支持所有家庭的方法来进行。我们回顾了有关LGBTQ +家庭问题的文献。接下来，我们定义学校的变革目标：多元文化能力，异规范性和反LGBTQ +偏见。然后，我们回顾了经验支持的减少偏见干预措施，这些措施可以在整个系统范围内使用。最后，