162. Why Queer Educators Make the Best Allies in the Classroom

“I didn’t always get the lesbian nod—but I’ve always been a queer teacher.”

In this heartfelt Pride Month conversation, Brian sits down with Fran McClain and Lisa Salvadore—partners in life and the classroom—to explore how their queerness shapes their work in higher education, mental health, and sex education.

This episode is for every LGBTQ+ teacher who's ever felt unseen, every student who needs a role model, and every ally trying to do better.

• Hear how co-teaching a human sexuality class became a ten-year act of queer visibility
• Learn how being visibly queer challenges assumptions and creates safe spaces for students
• Discover the power of empathy as a radical, queer teaching tool

Tap play to hear how being unapologetically out in education is not just brave—it’s necessary.

Support the podcast and spread the message with merch from Equalitees.Me!

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.

---

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.