Getting Ready for Benjamin ─ Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom

This text grew out of a symposium sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Studies Special Interest Group at the American Educational Research Association conference in 1999, titled "Over the Rainbow and Under the Multicultural Umbrella." Twenty-eight educational scholars, theorists, and practitioners most from the U.S. contribute 19 chapters on the preparation of future teachers in such issues as the interrelationships of prejudice, sexual differences, teaching tolerance, discussing diversity, and deconstructing gender and sexual identities. For teacher educators, preservice and practicing teachers, administrators, counselors, and school staff. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rita M. Kissen is associate professor of teacher education and women's studies at the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of The Last Closet: The Real Lives of Lesbian and Gay Teachers.