As a professional educator of Deaf teenagers, I'm always challenged to identify and incorporate new information to expand their knowledge. Equality Forum, which promotes and sponsors this observance of our GLBT cultural heritage maintains a website that archives and supports this endeavor. "Google" them at: glbthistorymonth. For anyone interested in promoting diversity in their classroom, this is an outstanding tool. It's also ideal for anyone simply wanting to expand her/his knowledge about our history/herstory. As a culture that enriches and enhances our national fabric, we all need to know about us.
In visiting this site during the past week, I personally learned something new about our community. Up until several days ago, I never realized that the famous agricultural scientist, educator and inventor, George Washington Carver was gay! I simply assumed, like most, that he was heterosexual. That's what we get for making assumptions. Trust me, it does pay to visit this website and enlighten ourselves!
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