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Laura Bellows; Christopher Doss; Sam Mann – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Due to limited data, we know little about the prevalence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) educators. Using the American Community Survey and Census Pulse, we examine the representation of LGBTQ+ individuals in PK-12 teaching. We find that 3.3-3.5 percent of LGBTQ+ individuals are teachers; in contrast, 4.4-4.9 percent of…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Teacher Characteristics, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Christine Fawcett; Kahl Hellmer – Social Development, 2025
Children begin to reason about gender and others' gender-typed preferences from early in life, yet not enough is known about whether their reasoning reflects only binary categorization or a more nuanced way understanding of variation in gender. Further, little is known about how children's conception of their own gender affects how they think…
Descriptors: Gender Identity, Young Children, Toys, Family Environment
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Tifanie Valade – McGill Journal of Education, 2024
This article examines how young children take up gender and sexuality discourses embedded in Disney Princess transmedia narratives and merchandise. A feminist ethnographic study conducted in two Canadian early childhood education and care (ECEC) classrooms found that young children often take up stereotypically gendered, heteronormative roles from…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Play, Mass Media Use, Early Childhood Education