Tag Archives: LGBT Support

Breaking the Silence

Tires screech as a car full of teenage boys swings around to get a closer look, barely decipherable bellowed comments ringing across the parking lot. I clutch my small bag of groceries a little more tightly, willing myself to maintain … Continue reading

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Filed under Gender, On Education, Stoneleigh-Burnham Middle School, The Faculty Perspective

It Gets Better.

Today is October 20, 2010. No different than any other Wednesday here at SBS. Many girls are dressed in their soccer or volleyball jerseys, classes will end at noon and there will be a mad rush to the dining hall … Continue reading

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Filed under School Happenings, Uniquely Stoneleigh-Burnham School

Having a Conversation

“Has Stoneleigh-Burnham ever had a transgender student?” The question, asked in the middle of study hall, caught me momentarily by surprise but I recovered quickly and answered, “Yes, at least one that I know of, actually a former advisee of … Continue reading

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Filed under On Education