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Sibling Rivalry Press is seeking submissions for an anthology scheduled for publication in August 2013.
This assignment is so gay: LGBTIQ Poets on the Art of Teaching, edited by Megan Volpert,
will be the first-ever anthology to feature an international roster of LGBTIQ poets
writing about and from the teacher's perspective. Whether elementary or collegiate,
public or private, the school is an institutional battleground for representations of
queer culture. This book will examine the joyous burden that is the experience of
LGBTIQ teachers, an inherently valuable and until now relatively invisible piece of the educational puzzle.
Submit up to five previously unpublished poems.
Poems must engage some aspect of teaching, but need not be explicitly queer-themed.
Author must identify as LGBTIQ.
Submission period is open January 1 through June 1, 2012.
Authors can expect reply by July 1, 2012.
Contact Megan A. Volpert at
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Connecting Programs & Educational Forums for LGBT Teens
Speaker: Former NFL playern Wade Davis
Date: Wednesday January 25, 2012
Time: 6:30 - 8-30 pm
Where: Monmounth County Library, Manalapan, NJ
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GLSEN, The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, Central New Jersey Chapter, once again teams with HiTOPS, the Princeton-based organization promoting adolescent health and well-being, to present the Eighth Annual NJ GSA Forum, a conference for Gay-Straight Alliances. Pat Griffin, Director of The GLSEN Sports Project: Changing the Game will be the keynote speaker and will be joined by LGBT and ally student and alumni athletes to enhance safe and respectful sports in schools.
Students, advisors, and supporters are invited to attend and encouraged to bring ally athletes to join in the event. The Forum will take place on Saturday, February 4, 2012, at Long Branch High School, 404 Indiana Avenue, Long Branch, New Jersey. Registration, exhibits, networking and a light breakfast will open at 9:00 am and the formal program takes place from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
In addition to providing strategies for addressing homophobia and transphobia in school-based athletic and physical education programs, the Forum will offer the ever-popular workshops on coming out, knowing your rights, being an ally, dynamic activities for Gay Straight Alliances to foster respectful school climate and more. See www.njgsaforum.com for details of the Forum program.
Professional development certificates will be available for educators. The registration fee for students is$10.00 for students and $25.00 for adults. Scholarships to cover student registration costs are available based on need. Morning snack and lunch are provided. Further information about the Forum can be found by contacting
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Middle and high school coaches, physical education teachers, athletic directors, administrators and all educators who care about athletic and physical education spaces that are safe for everyone regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression won’t want to miss Pat Griffin’s return to New Jersey for Changing the Game, a professional development workshop focused on LGBT issues in school-based athletic and physical education programs.
This session, scheduled from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, on Friday, February 3, 2012, will be held at Frist Campus Center, Princeton University Campus and is sponsored by The Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network, Central New Jersey Chapter, together with The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center of Princeton University, HiTOPS, an organization that promotes adolescent health and well-being, and the Princeton University Program in Teacher Preparation.
The workshop offers four hours of professional development credit and addresses the critical role of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression concerns in fostering a school climate of respect that is free of harassment, intimidation and bullying.
Pat Griffin is Professor Emeritus of Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the Project Director of The GLSEN Sports Project: Changing the Game, http://sports.glsen.org. The Sport Project’s mission is to assist K-12 schools in creating and maintaining an athletic and physical education climate that is based on the core principles of respect, safety and equal access for all students, teachers and coaches regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression and integrating these efforts into overall school plans to ensure a safe, respectful school climate and culture.
Registration for this game-changing workshop is open to the first 50 registrants and has a fee of $45.00 payable by check to GLSEN Central New Jersey, mailed to GLSEN CNJ. P.O. Box 261, Hightstown, NJ 08520. Registration includes a copy of the Changing the Game Playbook full of resources and strategies for implementing an atmosphere of respect and building leadership of ally athletes throughout teams, classes, and the entire sports/physical education environment. Continental breakfast will be provided.
For further information, contact GLSEN Central New Jersey at
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