Article, EducationDeion Scott Hawkins, PhDOctober 22, 2024Education, Queer Students, Creating Safe Spaces, SchoolComment

Creating Safe Spaces for Black Queer Youth in Schools: You Don’t Have to Do It All, But You Should Do Something

As a Black queer teacher with over 10+ years of teaching across various cultures, including in the Midwest, East Coast, Appalachia, and at an HBCU in the South, I wanted to provide a road map/examples of how teachers of all sorts can intentionally create spaces where Black queer students thrive.

Article, EducationDeion Scott Hawkins, PhDOctober 22, 2024Education, Queer Students, Creating Safe Spaces, SchoolComment

Creating Safe Spaces for Black Queer Youth in Schools: You Don’t Have to Do It All, But You Should Do Something

Article, EducationDeion Scott Hawkins, PhDAugust 27, 2024Education, Black Queer Youth, School, Back To SchoolComment

Back to School for Black Queer Kids: Its Complicated

It is incredibly dehumanizing, discouraging, and demoralizing to be a 1st generation, neurodivergent Black queer man who flourished academically while others, including friends, seemed to be relegated to the shadows.

Article, EducationDeion Scott Hawkins, PhDAugust 27, 2024Education, Black Queer Youth, School, Back To SchoolComment

Back to School for Black Queer Kids: Its Complicated