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One Teacher in 10, Second Edition »

Authors: Kevin Jennings
ISBN-13: 9781555838690, ISBN-10: 1555838693
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Alyson Books
Date Published: March 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Kevin Jennings is the executive director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. He lives in New York City.

All new accounts by teachers about the struggle to be out and proud in America's schools.

	Prologue : conversations with Jesus	1
	A good day	7
	If Ellen can do it, so can I	16
	The marriage question	25
	Living simply and openly	34
	Why I do what I do	44
	One of the boys from the band	51
	My dog Dyke	55
	My journey in education	58
	I'll see you there	63
	Feeling all right on the religious left	68
	I started out by not talking to anyone ...	81
	What do lecturers wear?	88
	Proud to be a faget	93
	Chasing my own tale	96
	Two years in the life of a queer teacher	100
	Are those real?	117
	True colors	122
	An uncertain and brilliant world	131
	In the swamp	144
	No more silence	165
	Transitioning in the school system	170
	Gown to town : life after Brown	178
	Nobody can tell me I shouldn't be here	185
	Happy Valentine's Day	196
	Going back to where I grew up gay	199
	Did I make a difference?	203
	Ms. Kee has a wife!	208
	Safe schools and voices	212
	The importance of discomfort	223
	The Huntington High project : a teacher story of social action	231
	Dancing with the issues	240
	Sometimes you have to risk the darkness to see the light	249
	One more person to love them	255
	The best way out was through	261
	A milestone for liberation	264
	It's better to lead than to follow	272
	Where I'm from	275
	Living with the possibilities	288