June is Pride Month. It’s time for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex, other sexuality and gender diversLGBTQ+) A community that brings together to celebrate identity, build communities, and advocate for justice and equality.
There is an additional weight to pride this year. As American jurist Luke Boso wrote,Fear is entrenched in private, interpersonal and public responses. Following rhetoric and policies promoted by US President Donald Trump.
His current term is characterized by an increasing push to erase LGBTQ+ identity and limit the strange expressions in public life. Within this month of Pride, the Trump administration plans to change the name of USNS Harvey Milk Naval ShipIt is named after the late civil rights leader Harvey Milk.
However, the meaning of such behavior is not limited to similar patterns of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. It’s a flash point for harassment like a far-right group Try building support Expand your Anti-LGBTQ+ view.
But fear also has hope. Despite events like Drug Story Time being the target of anti-LGBTQ+ laws and protests, the community continues to organize, resist and affirm their rights to public pleasure and visibility.
Our research, recently funded by the Canadian Council on Social Sciences and Humanities Research, learns in detail about how drug story time leaders choose books and how these events can nurture best practices for literacy and inclusive education.
Dragging story time as an educational event
Drug Story time is more than just a community event. They are creative and educational spaces that are often held in public places such as libraries, schools, and community centers. Usually a is led Drag performers, these sessions invite children, parents, caregivers, and educatorsEnjoy a storybook that emphasizes the theme Acceptance, self-expression, diversity, joy.
Read aloud Children act as a pathway for the development of language and literacy. Young children can engage in vocabulary, Content and ideas for building meaning through texts that they may still have the skills to read themselves.
Drug Storytime Events provide opportunities for child-centered literacy practices such as “reading out loud” dialogue and interactions, encouraging children to consider ideas and connect them as stories move.
Reading your children aloud is a powerful way to raise them Emotional, social and cognitive growth. The story provides children with what literacy scholars call mirrors (Reflective ways to see yourself), windows (understanding others), “sliding glass doors,” – A bandage to imagine a new perspective. When children encounter characters and families that reflect their lives experiences, they open the door to conversations about empathy, acceptance and identity.
Which books are you reading?
a Recent Content AnalysisInformation Science researcher Sarah Burridge and her 103 picture book colleagues found that coworkers read in the age of American drug stories did not explicitly characterise LGBTQ+ identity.
The main characters are primarily white, cisgender, heterosexual, healthy, and only 7% of books featuring trans, non-binary or intersex leads, with an additional 7% portraying same-sex or undefined relationships. This represents an increase in LGBTQ+ representation compared to story timebooks and other studies in classroom libraries, but the overall proportion remains low.
The findings of this study are based on small sample sizes, but contrary to popular perception, drug story time features drug artists leading reading sessions, but do not explicitly root in LGBTQ+ stories.
Rather, the book might be a favorite of Storytime (Selections from Mo Williams, etc. pigeon series), or texts that tend to promote a broad, inclusive, positive message of personality, confidence, empathy, inclusion, and imagination (Like Todd Parr It’s okay to be different).
A book that represents the scope of experience
This gap underscores the importance of thoughtful selection of books that reflect broader experiences, such as LGBTQ+ main characters and stories. When children are shown a variety of characters and stories, they begin to understand the world from multiple perspectives.
Researchers with expertise in early literacy for children recommend that books should be for interactive readings with children It reflects both the community and community of children that are different from their own.. Such books can induce meaningful conversations, encourage critical thinking, and help develop empathy and respect for differences. This will help younger readers prepare for a life in a multicultural society and build a more inclusive and considerate worldview.
Euphoria: Gender-oriented, authentic
Aside from the content of certain books shared with children during the time of the drug story, these events Provides opportunities for children and families to engage in diverse gender and sexuality expressions with caregivers in a safe and inclusive environment.. Such exposures do not cause confusion in children, but rather support healthy development Promote empathy, self-awareness and acceptance.
This is a feeling of euphoria or The joy comes from feeling that they are all authentic By your gender. The idea of ”gender euphoria” comes from within the trans community as a way of countering the narrow narrative that trans life is defined solely by discomfort, trauma, or discomfort.
Instead, gender euphoria emphasizes the positive aspects that come with expressing or affirming gender identity. From a quiet sense of satisfaction to a powerful sense of joy, it can look different to everyone.
Strange joy
Queerjoy is also a feature of drug story time, and it’s not just a good feeling. It is to live perfectly in the face of adversity. It is an act of resistance to the world that they often communicate to queer and trans people they should not exist. The kids are still dead For hatred-filled anti-LGTBQ+ speech.
Gender Euphoria and Queer Joy remind us that LGBTQ+ life is full of strength, creativity, connection and celebration.
When children see diversity reflected in creative, positive and positive ways, such as stories, role models, and community involvement, they are more likely to feel a sense of Affiliate to expressing one’s identity and gain confidence. In this way, drug story time contributes meaningfully to both individual happiness and broader efforts towards inclusion.
The best literacy and inclusion practices
As part of our research, we plan to attend Drug Story time to learn more about current practices in Nova Scotia. At the national level, we talk about performers and their experiences, practices, support and training needs, as well as goals and motivations.
They then co-host workshops with performers and educators to share knowledge and build skills that combine drug artistry with best practices in literacy and inclusive education.
Drug Story Time is a healthy and supportive way for children to develop a sense of gender and sexual identity, both themselves and others.
Philip JoyAssistant Professor, applying human nutrition, Mount St. Vincent University; Andrea FraserFaculty of Education, Associate Professor, Mount St. Vincent Universityand Connor BarkerAssistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Mount St. Vincent University
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