Build a Curriculum that Includes Everyone

@article{McGarry2013BuildAC,
  title={Build a Curriculum that Includes Everyone},
  author={Robert McGarry},
  journal={Phi Delta Kappan Magazine},
  year={2013},
  volume={94},
  pages={27 - 31}
}
Ensuring that schools are more accepting of LGBT students and issues requires more than passing mentions of diversity in sex education classes. 
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