Teaching About the Stonewall Uprising 

Share the too-often neglected history of this powerful uprising with students. 

• Teaching Stonewall — Teaching Tolerance details the history—and impact—of the uprising. 
• June 28, 1969: Stonewall Riots — The Zinn Education Project provides an overview, as well as resources for teachers, including a teaching guide to rethinking sexism, gender, and sexuality, and a guide for addressing LGTBQI issues in schools. 
• Stonewall Resources from Teachers Pay Teachers — Find downloadable lesson plans, presentations, and more. 
• Find lesson plans on Stonewall from Teaching LGBTQ history. 
• We Teach NY: Stonewall National Monument — The NYC Department of Education offers a collection of resources for middle school students.
• From Stonewall to the Classroom: Tips for teaching LGBTQ+ history — via XQ Institute.

Helpful Resources  

• Moonlight Educator Toolkit — Barry Jenkins’ groundbreaking film Moonlight, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play “In Moonlight, Black Boys Look Blue,” presents rich opportunities to talk about and foster safer and braver classrooms, particularly for Black LGBTQ students.
• It Gets Better Edu — Both educators and student leaders can find easy-to-access and easy-to-use resources, information, and more. 
• Creating Safe and Welcoming Schools — HRC Foundation's Welcoming Schools is a professional development program that provides training and resources to elementary school educators to help them embrace all families, create LGBTQ and gender inclusive schools, prevent bias-based bullying, and support transgender and non-binary students.
• The Safe Space Kit from GLSEN provides concrete strategies to help educators support LGBTQ students and advocate for changes in your school. Also from GLSEN, the School Climate Survey report details the experiences of LGBTQ youth in our nation’s schools. As well, GLSEN's research report, Shared Differences: Experiences of LGBTQ Students of Color, documents the experiences of over 2,000 LGBTQ middle and high school students of color who were African American or Black, Latino/a, Asian or Pacific Islander, Native American, and multiracial. 
• The Trevor Project provides accredited life-saving, life-affirming programs and services to LGBTQ youth.
• WeRNative is a comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth. 
• LULUC Lambda is the oldest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States.
• National Black Justice Coalition — This civil rights organization is dedicated to empowering Black LGBTQ people.
• Center for Black Equity connects members of the Black LGBTQ+ community with information and resources to educate, engage, and empower their fight for equity and access.
• Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project is working to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.

Books

Included on this list of recommended books are titles on the history of Stonewell and the gay rights movement, as well as memoirs and books focused on supporting LQBTQ+ children.   

Movies 

Movies are also a valuable way to learn about the history—and lived experiences—of LGBTQ+ people. Take a look at these recommendations: