Celebration is advocacy—and when queer educators gather, we refuse to be erased. In this solo episode, host Bryan Stanton (they/them) shares everything you need to know about the upcoming Teaching While Queer Queer Educators Conference 2025, happening October 11th, National Coming Out Day.

This isn’t just another professional development event—it’s a day of community, courage, and celebration where queer teachers, allies, and advocates come together to educate, advocate, and sustain joy.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Why National Coming Out Day is the perfect moment for queer teachers to reclaim visibility and power
• Highlights from keynotes and workshops—from allyship strategies to inclusive pedagogy to digital defense tools
• How you can attend, apply for scholarships, and gain CE credits while connecting with queer educators worldwide

If you’ve ever longed for solidarity, inspiration, and practical tools to bring back to your classroom or school, this conference was built for you.

👉 Tap play to learn how you can be part of the Teaching While Queer Queer Educators Conference 2025 and join a movement where joy itself is resistance.

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This podcast explores the challenges and successes of queer representation in education, tackling topics like burnout, tokenism, doxing, and the role of advocacy in building inclusive classrooms, safe spaces, and anti-bullying strategies. It centers support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, aromantic, agender, two-spirit, and non-binary teachers, and addresses how gender identity in schools can be honored to combat isolation and foster community.

The podcast explores the challenges and successes of Queer representation in education, addressing issues such as burnout, tokenism, doxing, and the importance of advocacy in creating inclusive classrooms, safe spaces, and anti-bullying strategies, with a focus on supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, aromantic, agender, two-spirit, and non-binary teachers and gender identity in schools to combat the feeling of isolation and lack of community.

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