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Sexual Identity—Web Resources

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• Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students ( PDF file)
  Chapter 9 from Teaching for Inclusion: Diversity in the Classroom, written and published online by the staff of the Center for Teaching and Learning from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill contains suggestions for setting a comfortable tone in class and stories from UNC students about classroom experiences.
  
  
• Teaching Challenges: Sexual Orientation in the College Classroom
  Describes how Shelley Bannister, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Criminal Justice and Women's Studies at Northeastern Illinois University incorporates issues of sexual orientation into her criminal justice classes.
  
  
• Impact of College on Student Attitudes Toward Gay and Lesbian Issues
  A longitudinal study written by Diana Kardia from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan describing the effect that college has on students' attitudes towards sexual orientation issues. Contains links to Major Findings. Implications for Institutional Policy, Implications for Future Research on Attitudes, and Conclusion.
  
  
• Overcoming Resistance to Learning About Sexual Identity
  Maria Gonzalez, an Associate Professor of English at the University of Houston, discusses the benefits of examining student reactions to issues of sexual orientation from the perspective of heterosexism rather than from a focus on homophobia.
  
  
• Campus Climate for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People: A National Perspective - May 1, 2003 ( PDF file)
  This national report, by Susan R. Rankin, describes the experiences of over 1700 GLBT students, faculty, and staff at 14 institutions across the country. (Downloads as a PDF file.)