This gives the same energy as if you are not a part of the solution you are part of the problem. And to some extent, I think this is absolutely true. We need to be passionate about our children and be able to take care of our students and treat them well and with kindness. I would caution however that it is equaly important to not divide people in our language and educate and empathize with those who may disagree.

This is a really interesting concept. Labels do identify, but maybe in the nature of indentification, they also constrain what someone can be and who they are. In this context with Disabled students, maybe our language of identifying and labeling should be something that in fact encompasses their experiences better, or more broadly, remove labeling all together and have holistic views of people, no matter their background.

This breaks my heart. The amount of actual time that these treatments must take to be able to help and heal her must take alot of time throughout the day to be able to then go to svhool and all while trying to get through her pain, learn, socialize and develop her mind just seems so impossible. It is important for us to have empathy for these students that simply have more obstacles than perhaps a typical child. So we must do better in finding ways to accomadate.

I think it''s really difficult for a school to be able to manage and facilitate the varying conversations that occur as a result of these divides. It's imprtant to open the line of communication so that we are better able to understand eachother and the nature of our beings, and then promote what is right, and debate what is wrong.

I would say that this is a simialir thing for Latinos, They tend to have alot of undertoned remarks that make it difficult for LGBTQ students to succeed in these enviroments, they feel that they would be looked at negatively if they showed their family who they really are. We hope that the families are loving and carinf for their children, no matter what.

I think it is important to be able to facilitate and manage the realitys of the LGBTQ community, It's important so that dialogue and understanding can be bridged and students don't feel that this is something out of the ordinary.

I think this is really hard because I think teachers are really tryin hard to please people from all factions, groups and affliations. So this is an understandable reaction that they feel that they are not equipped to handle LGBTQ students.

This is an interesting concept to go by, I think because we live in a society that subconciously supports heterosexual values, by not talking about LGBTQ topics, it is then perceived as not being adressed. In another reality, the presence of sexuality, hetero or homo, should not and would not matter, therefore not needing to be adressed in the curriculum, and I think that is what proponents of that idea really mean.

This is super accurate, I have personally witnessed that there seems to be a white culture that dominates the lgbtq community. In fact I've then in turn seen how White LGBTQ people then belittle the experience that minorities undergo, claiming themselves to have the same experience. This is a extremely dangerous route to look at people that are ambitous in continuing to put racial minorities down, as it gives them an avenue to opress while being perceived as a fellow oppressed.

As a person of faith, this concept is really interesting. I see that alot of people are quick to belittle LGBTQ members and yet forget to lead their actions with love. It is definitely something that needs to be worked upon within our religous community.

I definitely think as our society has evolved roles have also simealtaeously evolved to become more progressive. I think it's interesting that these concepts were there to begin with and I am curious what the social or evolutionary reason as to why these norms were instilled in the first place.

This is interesting, I think many times we dont consider what it really means to be considered to be normal in our society. All we know through our feelings is that we want to fit in. But the reality is that we are all unique individuals that have somehow collectively agreed what is "normal." It is so important to be able to understand our biases and perception of truth.