The Quiet Power of Just Showing Up as a Queer Teacher | Ep. 202 (with Hill Werth)

About this episode

This episode explores the impact of queer educators on classroom culture and student experiences through presence and authenticity.

This episode dives into LGBTQ inclusive teaching, queer pedagogy, and what it really means to create inclusive classrooms—not through curriculum alone, but through presence. Featuring trans educator Hill Werth, this conversation explores how identity, visibility, and authenticity shape student experiences in powerful ways. We get into the realities of teaching while trans, navigating different education systems, and how simply existing as a queer educator can shift classroom culture. This isn...

People in this episode

Host: Bryan Stanton

Guest: Hill Werth

Topics covered

• LGBTQ inclusive teaching
• queer pedagogy
• inclusive classrooms
• trans educator
• identity and visibility
• classroom culture

Keywords

• LGBTQ
• queer teaching
• trans educator
• inclusive education
• classroom presence
• visibility
• authenticity

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