The learning goal of this camp is for students to become more familiar with LGBTQ American history as a way of interpreting current events impacting LGBTQ rights in the United States. 

I have a master of arts degree in American history, and bachelor of arts degrees in political science, English, and communications with a journalism emphasis. I am lead teacher at The Foster Woods Folk School, which focuses on humanities education within an ecosocial justice framework aimed at celebrating and improving our connections as a global community of humans and non-humans living on Planet Earth. In this role, I work with learners of all ages with a primary focus of working with learners in grades three through 12. I was the director of a social justice center for three years during which time I routinely taught about and facilitated conversations about historical and current political events for both teen and adults participants. Before that, I was a newspaper editor and reporter for 15 years. I have been teaching history, social studies, and English Language Arts classes for several years. 

-- The Routledge History of Queer America by Don Romesburg
-- "The 'Deviant' African Genders That Colonialism Condemned," by Mohammed Elnaiem in "JSTOR Daily"
-- Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, et al.
-- LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History, edited by Megan E. Springate
-- Teaching LBGTQ History: Instructional Resources for California Educators, Students, & Families, https://lgbtqhistory.org/
-- A Queer History of the United States, by Michael Bronski
-- "William Dorsey Swann: From slavery to queer freedom in 1880s as America’s first drag queen," by Kittredge Cherry, QSpirit, https://qspirit.net/william-dorsey-swann-queer/
-- "But Were They Gay? The Mystery of Same-Sex Love in the 19th Century," by Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/but-were-they-gay-the-mystery-of-same-sex-love-in-the-19th-century/262117/
-- That's So Gay: Outing Early America, https://www.librarycompany.org/gayatlcp/