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The call for manuscripts for this issue was successful and brought in many more excellent submissions than we could use. The largest category of manuscripts focused on the relatively new and exciting genre of YA-LGBT texts. A few writers explored LGBT-themed literature not usually taught in high schools, or oft-taught literature whose gay themes are quickly dismissed or ignored. Several discussed how their identities affect their teaching and students’ learning. Some submissions were international texts, while others focused on teaching in urban and suburban environments. A surprising number of manuscripts incorporated educational drama pedagogy and dramatic literature, a literary genre often neglected in the high school curriculum beyond a few canonical works. Many writers addressed how LGBT issues need to be integrated into teaching for social justice and critical literacy.

In most manuscripts these themes overlapped; for example, activism was linked to the writing curriculum, or educational drama was used to introduce YA-LGBT texts. We have tried to select articles that represent this broad range of overlapping themes, topics, and approaches.

Our goal for this issue of EJ has Tag Heuer Replica been to provide secondary English teachers with engaging curriculum material they can use in their classrooms, while simultaneously helping colleagues learn more about a field of inquiry they may have had little chance to explore on their own or study formally. To assist EJ readers, we have provided a glossary of unfamiliar or challenging terms (see “An LGBT/ Queer Glossary”) and we have and republished the NCTE “Resolution on Strengthening Teacher Knowledge of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans-gender (LGBT) Issues.”

Also unique to this issue is the artwork we have included. Queer cartoonist Jennifer Camper created the delightfully memorable cover, a reminder to our readers of the rich tradition of multiple literacies and language modes we inhabit. The work of lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel, referenced by Viv Ellis in an article on personal growth in the English classroom, also appears on pages 52 and 53. High school students (Dustin Springer, Rachel Angus, and Omega Replica Watches Sable VanDermay-Kirkham) who displayed their LGBT-supportive artwork at the community forum mentioned above agreed to let us reproduce their work for this issue, even though our budget would not allow us to print their pieces with the beautiful rainbow colors of the originals. We are also pleased to reproduce a photo sent to us by About Face Youth Theatre, which authors Caroline T. Clark and Mollie V. Blackburn mention, because of its unique focus on LGBT youth representing them through theater.

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