159. Teaching While Queer Is a Lifeline, Not a Liability

Your authenticity is not small—it’s a radical act of defiance.

In this heartfelt solo episode, host Bryan Stanton (they/them) reflects on five transformative lessons from their conversation with queer icon Jeffrey Marsh. Together, they explore what it means to teach with joy, show the seams of your process, and create classrooms that radically affirm LGBTQ+ identity. For queer educators and LGBTQ+ teachers navigating visibility, vulnerability, and resistance, this episode is a love letter and a roadmap.

You’ll walk away with:

• Emotional and spiritual tools to dismantle self-hate and practice radical self-kindness
• Concrete practices to model authenticity and emotional arcs in your teaching
• A reimagined view of classrooms as sanctuaries for queer joy and student sovereignty

Whether you’re an LGBTQ+ educator, ally, or student advocate, this conversation reminds us that queerness in education is not only valid—it’s visionary. The internet may be unpredictable, but your humanity is steady, enough, and magnetic.

Tap play to recharge your purpose, restore your pride, and teach from your truest self.

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This podcast explores the challenges and successes of queer representation in education, tackling topics like burnout, tokenism, doxing, and the role of advocacy in building inclusive classrooms, safe spaces, and anti-bullying strategies. It centers support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, aromantic, agender, two-spirit, and non-binary teachers, and addresses how gender identity in schools can be honored to combat isolation and foster community.

The podcast explores the challenges and successes of Queer representation in education, addressing issues such as burnout, tokenism, doxing, and the importance of advocacy in creating inclusive classrooms, safe spaces, and anti-bullying strategies, with a focus on supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, aromantic, agender, two-spirit, and non-binary teachers and gender identity in schools to combat the feeling of isolation and lack of community.

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