• Chapter 1 Introduction: Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity, and Schooling


• Stephen T. Russell and Stacey Horn


• Section 1 Victimization, bullying, and harassment in schools: Current research and promising practices


• Chapter 2 Understanding and Reducing Bias-Based Harassment and Victimization in Schools


• Paul Poteat


• Chapter 3 School Safety and Connectedness Matter for More than Educational Outcomes: The Link between School Connectedness and Adolescent Health


• Elizabeth Saewyc andYuko Homma


• Chapter 4 Disrupting Hetero-/Gender- Normativity: The Role of LGBT Affirmative Supports at School


• Neal A. Palmer, Joseph G. Kosciw, Emily A. Greytak, and Madeline J. Boesen


• Chapter 5 Supporting LGB/T Youth: Comprehensive School Transformation as Effective Bullying Prevention


• Sarah Schriber, Stacey Horn, Christina Peter, L. Boyd Bellinger, and David Fischer


• Section 2 Cutting Edge Issues on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Schools


• Chapter 6 LGB-Parent Families and the School Context


• Abbie E. Goldberg


• Chapter 7 Transsexuality and School Education in Brazil


• Maria Rita Cesar and Josafá Da Cunha


• Chapter 8 The School-to-Prison Pipeline and the Pipeline Population: The Patterns and Practices of Its Production and Dismantling Possibilities


• Shannon Snapp and Adela C. Licona


• Chapter 9 Inextricably Linked: The Shared Story of Ethnic Studies and LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum


• Shannon Snapp and Stephen Russell


• Section 3 Systemic Models of Change: Global Perspectives


• Chapter 10 Teaching about Sexual Diversity and Challenging Homophobia/Transphobia in the South African School System


• Finn Reygan


• Chapter 11 Sexual and Gender Minorities and Bullying in Japan


• Makiko Kasai


• Chapter 12 Changing the School Climate: A Critical Examination of the Policies and Strategies Against Homophobia Adopted in the Province of Quebec (Canada)


• Line Chamberland and Gabrielle Richards


• Section 4 Policy, Organizing, and Advocacy


• Chapter 13 Advocacy to Support Gender Identity Development in Schools in the Face of Organized Backlash


• David Fischer, L. Boyd Bellinger, Stacey S. Horn, and Shannon L. Sullivan


• Chapter 14 The Shifting Political Winds: LGBTQ Students, Educational Policy and Politics, and the Dilemmas Confronting Street Level Bureaucrats


• Catherine A. Lugg and Jason Murphy


• Chapter 15 Enumerated U.S. State Laws: Evidence from Policy Advocacy


• Stephen T. Russell, Stacey Horn, Raymond L. Moody, Amanda Fields, and Elizabeth Tilley


• Chapter 16 From 'Dignity' to 'Success': Using strategic communications to change policies and perspectives


• Ryan Schwartz and Carolyn Laub


• Section 5 The Nexus of Research, Practice, and Policy: Systems of Change


• Chapter 17 The Australian context: Turning research into policies, policies into research


• Tiffany Jones and Lynne Hillier


• Chapter 18 The Use of Research in Policy and Advocacy for Creating Safe Schools for LGBTQ Students


• Carolyn Laub and Hilary Burdge


• Chapter 19 Sexual Diversity in Spanish Schools


• José Ignacio Pichardo Galán


• Chapter 20 Homophobia, Schooling, and the Italian Context


• Salvatore Ioverno, Nicola Nardelli, Roberto Baiocco, Isabella Orfano, and Vittorio Lingiardi


• Chapter 21 Synthesis and Recommendations


• Stacey Horn and Stephen T. Russell


• Index

Stephen T. Russell, PhD, is Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor in Child Development in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He studies adolescent development, with an emphasis on adolescent sexuality, LGBT youth, and parent-adolescent relationships.
Stacey S. Horn, PhD, is Professor of Educational and Developmental Psychology and Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology, affiliate faculty member in Community Psychology and Prevention Research, and Program Director for the M.Ed. program in Youth Development at University of Illinois at Chicago. Her current research focuses on issues of sexual prejudice and bias-motivated harassment among adolescents, adolescents' reasoning about peer harassment, as well as LGBT students' experiences in schools and communities.

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Schooling brings together contributions from a diverse group of researchers, policy analysts, and education advocates from around the world to synthesize the practice and policy implications of research on sexual orientation, gender identity, and schooling.