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LGBT Youth in America’s Schools outlines plan for safe
and affirming institutions of learning for all students
In LGBT Youth in America’s Schools, Jason Cianciotto and Sean
Cahill, experts on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender public
policy advocacy, combine an accessible review of social science
research with analyses of school practices and local, state, and federal
laws that affect LGBT students. In addition, portraits of LGBT youth
and their experiences with discrimination at school bring human faces
to the issues the authors discuss.
This is an essential guide for teachers, school administrators, guidance
counselors, and social workers interacting with students on a daily
basis; school board members and officials determining school policy;
nonprofit advocates and providers of social services to youth; and
academic scholars, graduate students, and researchers training the
next generation of school administrators and informing future policy
and practice.
"LGBT Youth in America's Schools should jolt the conscience and imagination of
every educational policymaker, school leader, teacher-educator, and teacher in the
nation. It clearly outlines the risks faced by sexual minority students, cogently
summarizes decades of research, and provides a compelling road map for both
reform and further study. Read it and act!"
—Arthur Lipkin, Chair, Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth
"This study is the first systematic, research-based review that brings together a huge
literature on the status of LGBT youth in U.S. schools. This contribution marks a
milestone in the literature and represents an enormous amount of research,
methodology, and policy review."
—Gilbert Herdt, San Francisco State University
Jason Cianciotto is an independent consultant specializing in applied
research and public policy analysis.
LGBT Youth in America’s
Schools
by Jason Cianciotto and
Sean Cahill
Cloth 978-0-472-11822-9/
$80.00
Paper 978-0-472-03140-5/
$30.00
Ebook 978-0-472-02832-0/
$30.00
Publication Date:
May 2012
Sean Cahill is Director of Health Policy Research at the Fenway Institute in Boston and Adjunct
Assistant Professor of Public Administration at New York University.