NYCDOE Educators

Navigating the Complexities of Teaching LGBTQ-inclusive Curriculum: This interactive, multimedia session will model a contextualized approach to teaching sensitive topics and hard history, as well as analyzing authentic scenarios from the classroom and conversations with parents/caregivers.

Celebrating Black History Month through an LGBTQ Lens: This interactive, multimedia session explores empowering Black history through an LGBTQ lens. We will highlight some of our US history and world history curriculum content that contextualizes LGBTQ history with Black history and topics of race and gender.

UnPacking Bayard Rustin: This interactive, multimedia session explores Rustin's influence on Dr. King, American civil rights, and international humanitarian efforts, as well as the possible motivations for Rustin's erasure from history—until now! We will also highlight the elementary, middle, and high school curriculum that features Bayard Rustin.

UnPacking Jim Crow and a Charleston Legend: Through the lens of Dawn Langley Hall's (born Gordon Hall) marriage to John-Paul Simmons in 1969, which garnered international attention, this interactive, multimedia session unpacks the intersections of race and gender, as well as highlighting cross-disciplinary approaches with ELA.

UnPacking Pauli Murray: This interactive, multimedia session will introduce our UnErasing LGBTQ History & Identities podcast about Pauli Murray and highlight aspects of Pauli's life and work through the intersections of race, gender, and class. You will hear Pauli's voice and gain insight into their concept of "Jane Crow" and much more!

For NYC DOE School/District Leaders and Parent Coordinators: This interactive, multimedia session will provide methods and strategies to navigate the complexities of building school/community support for LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum through the lenses of public health data, CRSE alignment, and authentic scenarios. 

In the late 1980s, Eric Marcus began recording over 100 audio oral history interviews with LGBTQ activists and pioneers from the 20th century. These interviews informed Eric's authorship of two books and inspired the award-winning series Making Gay History–The Podcast.

Eric will come to your high school and provide an assembly for your students of his audio oral history tour using the Give Voice to History Project podcast series. Students will hear about Eric’s experiences meeting these extraordinary people and listen to their brave, funny, and often frustrating tales of championing LGBTQ equality.

Important Note: The Give Voice to History Project podcast series is produced in partnership with History UnErased for grades 6-12 and is different from the Making Gay History podcast series intended for adult audiences.

For K-12 educators who want to create LGBTQ-inclusive classrooms, getting started can be confusing--and quite often prompts some fear:

What if I say or do the wrong thing?

What if there is pushback?

And where do I even begin?

This podcast series provides real-world advice and reasonable, practical strategies on how you can create LGBTQ-inclusive classrooms. Check out our most recent episode!

This podcast series is funded by the New York City Council and developed by History UnErased in partnership with Making Gay History. To listen to more episodes, click the Podcast button below or find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, or Stitcher.