Kate Okeson makes LGBTQIA+ history!
By Amy Moran, Ph. D. (she/her) Kate Okeson, my co-writer for the Rainbow Connection column, has been appointed the executive director of the new Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth
NJEA SOGI Committee shares LGBTQIA+ resources by age
The NJEA Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee has compiled age-appropriate LGBTQIA+ resources for educators.
These resources were assembled by former and current members of NJEA’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee and have not all been screened by NJEA or other members of the committee. Websites, book editions, links etc. are subject to change at any time.
NJEA Review Columns
Safer by design
By Amy Moran, Ph. D. (she/her) Welcome back to another wonderful school year! As we prepare our rooms and routines for success, let’s recommit to celebrating LGBTQIA+ culture all year
Getting your Vitamin B
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson Happy Gay Pride Month, NJEA family! It’s the last month of the school year, and we’re all thinking about activities and strategies that
Supporting educators’ mental health–with contract language and joy
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson With May being Mental Health Awareness month, let’s acknowledge that educators are charged with juggling it all: designing lessons that engage and expand,
Poetry as queer liberation and Joy
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson April is National Poetry Month, and I have been thinking about the role of the arts in helping us see ourselves, connecting us
2024 Equality Champion Danielle Earle!
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson Danielle Earle has been an educator for 13 years, currently working at Orange High School as a digital media and filmmaking teacher and
Organizing for change
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson Since September of 2021, “Rainbow Connection” has engaged members with resources, methods and support to create safer, more affirming schools for LGBTQIA+ youth,
Calling out hypocrisy
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson In 2023, more than 500 anti-LGBTQIA+ measures were introduced in state legislatures, and over 80 have passed already. They’re largely found in “red
LGBTQIA+ Archives
- During Pride Month, NJEA celebrates SCOTUS ruling - June 19, 2020
- What’s LGBTQ got to do with it? - June 1, 2020
- Supporting LGBTQ+ students and families in the classroom - Feb. 1, 2020
- US Supreme Court hears cases that affect LGBTQ+ rights in employment - Jan 1, 2020
- Members lead the conversation at NJEA LGBTQIA+ conference - Dec. 1, 2019
- LGBT and disability inclusion bill passes Senate and Assembly - Feb. 1, 2019
- The singular 'they' - Jan. 1, 2019
- SOGI Committee holds first miniconference on LGBTQIA+ matters - Nov. 1, 2018
- Making schools safer for transgender students - Dec. 1, 2017