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Responsibilities of 

Teachers, Staff, & School Boards to Protect and Support Queer Students

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The rights of students to safe, healthy, and inclusive learning environments comes with responsibilities for teachers, staff and school boards to create and maintain these environments.

Some of these responsibilities are written directly into laws and policies; others come from best practices shown to make schools safer and more supportive for queer students. Here are a few specific examples.

Clear & effective policies to address homophobic & transphobic bullying

1. Clear & effective policies to address homophobic & transphobic bullying

Mandatory staff training on queer inclusivity and queer students’ rights

2. Mandatory staff training on queer inclusivity and queer students’ rights

Mandatory staff training on how to address homophobic & transphobic bullying

3. Mandatory staff training on how to address homophobic & transphobic bullying

Supporting queer youth

4. Supporting queer youth