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Queering the curriculum with Naomi – a secondary high school teacher currently completing her SECOND Masters degree is gifted education. 

Naomi has worked in government, private and catholic sectors. 

She has been instrumental in raising awareness for LGBTQIA+ students in her schools and creating safe spaces within education. 

She is passionate about representation, queer and otherwise. 

We discuss the multi facets of our identity.

The classics over more modern literature in teaching. 

Our big hopes for education as well as big life lessons. 

If you are not following Naomi @queeringthecurriculum – go and do that now…. like, right now! 

Resources mentioned:

• VATE
• The Monkeys Mask
• Head On - film
• Parrotfish
• Marilyn Hacker
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Some exceptional books to read for queer texts include the following.

Should be in every library:

• Growing Up Queer in Australia
• The Kindred Series Anthology (editor by the amazing Michael Earp) – currently working on a resource for this one, once this madness settles down
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post – it is considered to be the queer version of To Kill a Mockingbird
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
• The Geography Club
• Simon and the Homosapien Agenda
• Annie on my Mind
• The love and lies of rukhsana ali
• Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories
• #AusQueerYA Tumblr – has heaps on there!

Film/TV:

• Freehold
• Gayby Baby
• Miseducation of Cameron Post
• Simon vs The World
• My So Called Life
• Faking It
• South of Nowhere

Teaching resources:

• Queer Inclusion in Teacher Education
• Queer Literacies
• Queer Voices from the Classroom
• Queering Classrooms (book)
• Schools Out
• Big Gay Adventures in Education
• Teaching What You’re Not
• We Make it Better: The LGBT Community and their Positive Contributions to Society
• The Book of Pride

Feel free to support me an dmy work by buying me a virtual coffee.