Chapter 1. Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality -- Introduction / Jody Sokolower -- The New Misogyny What it means for teachers and classrooms / Editors of Rethinking Schools -- Queering Our Schools / Editors of Rethinking Schools -- Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall Moving beyond equality / Therese Quinn and Erica R. Meiners -- Chapter 2. Our Classrooms -- Introduction / Melissa Bollow Tempel -- 10 Ways to Move Beyond Bully Prevention (And Why We Should) / Lyn Mikel Brown -- 4-Year-Olds Discuss Love and Marriage / A. J. Jennings -- It's OK to Be Neither: Teaching that supports gender-independent children / Melissa Bollow Tempel -- Hello Kitty: A "boy teacher" takes on gender stereotypes / Jay Weber -- The Character of Our Content: A parent confronts bias in early elementary literature / Jennifer Holladay -- Believe Me the First Time / Dale Weiss -- 7th Graders and Sexism / Lisa Espinosa -- Dressing Up / Carol Michaels Foresta -- When the Gender Boxes Don't Fit / Ericka Sokolower-Shain -- As a Mom and a Teacher / Jody Sokolower -- Standing Up for Tocarra / Tina Owen -- In Search of Safe Bathrooms / Mia Cristerna -- "Aren't There Any Poor Gay People Besides Me?" Teaching LGBTQ issues in the rural South / Stephanie Anne Shelton -- Untitled / Deanna Gao -- Chapter 3: Our Curriculum -- Introduction / Jeff Sapp -- Disarming the Nuclear Family: Creating a classroom book that reflects the class / Willow McCormick -- Sex Talk on the Carpet : Incorporating gender and sexuality into 5th-grade curriculum / Valdine Ciwko -- 2nd Graders Put On a Gender-Bending Assembly / Margot Pepper -- Of Mice and Marginalization / Michelle Kenney -- Elbow Is Not a Sexy Word: Approaches to sex education / Jody Sokolower -- Teaching Sex Positivity: An interview with Lena Solow / Annika Butler-Wall -- 7 Tips for Teaching Sex Ed / Ericka Hart -- Intersectionality: Gender, Race, and the Media: An interview with Liza Gesuden / Jody Sokolower and Annika Butler-Wall -- Young Women in the Movimiento: Chican@ studies after the ban / Curtis Acosta, Alanna Castro, and Maria Teresa Mejia -- When Emma Goldman Entered the Room Dealing with the unexpected in a role play / Brian C. Gibbs -- Is She Your Bitch? Confronting sexism on the fly / Deborah Godner -- Seneca Falls, 1848: Women organize for equality / Bill Bigelow -- A Midsummer Night's Gender Diversity / Lauren Porosoff -- Teaching The Laramie Project / Kimberley Gilles -- Creative Conflict: Collaborative Playwriting / Kathleen Melville -- 500 Square Feet of Respect: Queering a study of the criminal justice system / Adam Grant Kelley -- Teaching Angels in America / Jody N. Polleck -- Baby Mamas in Literature and Life / Abby Kindelsperger -- Chapter 4: When Teachers Come Out -- Introduction / Jeff Sapp -- "My Teacher Is a Lesbian" Coming out at school / Jody Sokolower -- Two Men and an Imaginary Dog / Shawn Chisty -- Challenging Homophobia in the Classroom: Lessons from two students / Lidia Gonzalez -- Transsexuals Teaching Your Children / Loren Krywanczyk -- "She's for Real" An 8th-grade teacher comes out / Tracy Wagner -- A Xican@ Teacher's Journey / Marisa Castro -- Chapter 5: Beyond the Classroom -- Introduction / Rachel L. S. Harper -- Ask Me Who I Am / Sam Stiegler -- We Begin to Know Each Other / Maiya Jackson -- Space for Young Black Women: An interview with Candice Valenzuela / Jody Sokolower -- "Save the Muslim Girl!" / Özlem Sensoy and Elizabeth Marshall -- Those Who Carry Bias / T. Elijah Hawkes -- Dear Parents of Transgender Children / Shannon Panszi -- Rethinking the Day of Silence / Adriana Murphy -- Gay-Straight Alliances Align with Restorative Justice: An interview with Geoffrey Winder / Annika Butler-Wall -- Policy Change: A Student Perspective / Patrick McLinden -- Mirrors and Windows: Conversations with Jacqueline Woodson / Renée Watson -- Chapter 6: Teacher Education, Continuing Education -- Introduction / Kim Cosier -- "Let's Put Our Bias Goggles On" Reading representations of Black gir identity through critical lenses / Kim Cosier -- Still Miles of Sexist Aisles: Helping students investigate toy stores / Sudie Hofmann -- Fisher / Patti Simmons -- An Open Letter to My Son's Teacher / Shannon Panszi -- Framing Identity Using photographs to rethink sexism, gender, and sexuality / Kim Cosier -- Sergio's Voice: Fostering writing lives / Lilia E. Sarmiento -- "It's Not Appropriate!" Sexual orientation in teacher preparation curriculum / Nancy Niemi -- "Are You a Girl or a Boy?" Reading 10,000 Dresses with college students / Robert Bittner -- Teaching and Learning About Sexism: 3 conceptual challenges / Leigh-Anne Ingram -- Gayvangelical: Teaching at the Intersection of Religious and Queer / Jeff Sapp.