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Session V: Sunday, 11:15 am-12:15 pm

ACADEMIC: "The Lack of Queer Youth Education"

This workshop will provide a wide range of academic information on the issues that queer students encounter in traditional school settings. This includes how professors, teachers, and staff (both queer and straight) educate, interact with, ostracize and protect our queer students. The workshop is designed to assist educators and community members enhance the academic achievement of our queer youth. Topics of gender discrimination, alternative schools, and the lack of open queer educators will be addressed.

Presenter: Laura Icedo is an open lesbian Chicana high school teacher working for the Los Angeles Unified School District. She is finishing her MA at Cal State LA in education with research on the drop-out rate of queer youth.

Room: Ucen Flying A