Dignity for All: Safeguarding LGBT Students

All students deserve a safe, respectful school environment

Students who identify as lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgendered are susceptible to dropping out of school. This book provides professional development ideas and real-life vignettes that will help educational leaders foster a more caring school culture not only for LGBT students, but for all students. Peter DeWitt provides specific strategies for school leaders that include:

• Implementing a student code of conduct and school board policies to safeguard students


• Helping staff members recognize and respond to overt and covert LGBT issues


• Ways to include appropriate LGBT topics in the curriculum


• Supporting Gay-Straight Alliances (GSA) in middle and high school settings