Integrating LGBTQ+ into the classroom
I have been thinking about this for a while - inspired by Christine Counsel's ideas of curriculum development I explore elsewhere, as well as by a recent webinar I attended on "How to do LGBTQ History" which I thought was fascinating. I am currently reading this excellent book which addresses some of the current thinking in the historiography and in particular the key problem of terminology. In an era where the boundaries are being explored and where identity (both outward and inward) is important, the use of terms like "gay", "bisexual" and even "queer" become problematic. Individuals in the past may not recognise the terms historians and others use when discussing LGBTQ issues in the past. I first came across "queer" as a child in the 1980s when it was being used as a term of abuse, but it has reclaimed as a broad label for identities, or as this article by the National Archives says it is " a label that encompasses the flu