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“I had to become a fully integrated person—same at home, same in class, same everywhere—or I couldn’t keep teaching.”


In this powerful conversation, Bryan sits down with Rodney Wilson, the Missouri educator who founded LGBTQ+ History Month and made history as the first openly gay K–12 Missouri teacher to come out to his students. Together, they unpack the intersections of queer identity, teaching, and resistance—from the origins of LGBTQ+ History Month to the modern-day fight against censorship and “Don’t Say Gay” laws.


Listeners will learn:

  • How queer teachers can teach truth without “obeying in advance” to fear-based policies
  • The untold story of how LGBTQ+ History Month began in 1994
  • Why visibility in the classroom still matters—for students, staff, and society

For queer educators, allies, and anyone who believes in teaching for liberation, this episode is both history and a call to action.


Tap play to remember where we’ve been—and how we keep moving forward.


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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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