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This is a unique STEM outreach program for LGBTQ+ high schoolers. Please share with students who may be interested! Sam Long will lead a workshop about diversity in biology in the July session.
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Calling all LGBTQ+ high schoolers! Wanna learn about LGBTQ+ scientists, build STEM skills, and meet other students this summer? Check out the new Pathways in STEM summer outreach program at CU Boulder! All events are online over summer 2020.
Info and registration at http://bit.ly/pathwaysstem
Host Molly Woodstock and guest host Z Griffler hosted Sam on their award-winning podcast Gender Reveal. Thanks, Molly and Z, for having us on the show and for funding the grant to support our work!
In this week’s episode, guest host Z Griffler (they/them) speaks with Gender Reveal grant winner Sam Long (he/him), a high school biology teacher working to make science classes more diverse, accurate and inclusive. Topics include:
- What most high school biology classes get wrong
- Becoming the first trans astronaut
- Queering curriculums (through animal mating rituals)
- How being gay could help a population(!)
- Finding trans Nemo?!?
Jon Moscow and Amy Halpern-Laff host a podcast called Ethical Schools Podcast, and they recently spoke with us about gender inclusivity in biology curriculum. Thanks, Jon and Amy, for hosting us and elevating this developing area of education. And thanks for having helpful timestamps and transcripts of all your episodes.
We speak with high school science teachers and trans men, Sam Long and Lewis Maday-Travis, who have developed resources and trainings to help biology teachers develop gender-inclusive curricula. Science tells us that sexual and gender diversity is both normal and positive.
Peter Hostrawser hosts a podcast called Disrupt Education, and recently spoke with us about growing a gender-inclusive biology curriculum. Thanks Peter, for hosting us and for helping spread the word about our developing work. ● Visit Peter’s website at https://www.disrupteducation.co to see more of his work in education.
Sam Long (he/him) and River Suh (they/them or he/him) are science teachers in Colorado and San Francisco respectively. They have a unique focus on gender-inclusive biology content. This means teaching topics like genetics, reproduction, and evolution in ways that affirm rather than omit or marginalize LGBTQ+ identities. The are a part of a group with one other trans science teacher who have been doing this work in their classrooms for many years. Recently they began training other teachers and publishing essays, and compiling web resources (in progress) on this topic. They are experts in this emerging area of education. River and Sam talk about the need for diverse and accurate biology curriculum, how it benefits all students, and how it looks in practice.
Gender-inclusive Biology curriculum, research, advocacy resources, and newsletter https://www.genderinclusivebiology.com/
Check out Sam and Lewis' workshops at HRC Time To Thrive (February 14-16, 2020) http://timetothrive.org/agenda/schedule and the NSTA National Conference (April 2-5, 2020) https://s6.goeshow.com/nsta/national/2020/overview.cfm