Liz Meyer (she/her)
@lizjmeyer.bsky.social
Professor of ed. foundations & policy at CU Boulder School of Education| #lgbtq affirming education; gender & sexuality diversity; supporting teacher & youth activism; feminist & queer theories in education. Views my own.
Register for the special issue launch and panel discussion with @lizjmeyer.bsky.social and Lee Airton on June 15th! tinyurl.com/jqtsieissuel... #queer #trans #lgbtqia #activism #advocacy #education #AcademicSky #LGBTQSky @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social
Check out JQTSIE's newest issue: "Loud, Proud, Rooted, and Resisting: Activism and Advocacy in Tough Times"! Edited by @lizjmeyer.bsky.social & @leeairtonphd scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jqtsie/vol3/... @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social #queer #trans #lgbtq
Excited to share the online publication of our new article in Review of Educational Research. We analyzed 100 articles published since 1993 discussing advocacy & activism for #lgbtq equity in k-12 schools.
Excited to present about my book “queer justice at school” at this great online event today. Not too late to register! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚
Teaching While Queer@teachingwhilequeer.org · last yr.Are you a queer educator, ally, or advocate looking to grow your practice, build community, and show up fully as yourself in your teaching? Register now or share this with someone who needs this space #QueerEducators #QueerTeachers #LGBTQTeachers #EducationConference #PrideMonth #HappyPride
Change is needed to make schools affirming & inclusive of gender & sexual diversity. This is for students & allies who are working to make schools supportive of LGBTQIA+ people. Join us next week when @lizjmeyer.bsky.social will be here to celebrate this important book! Tix: MeyerBBS.eventbrite.com
@teachingwhilequeer.org is hosting an amazing online event for educators on Oct 11. My session is sharing resources from my @tcpress.bsky.social book “queer justice at school” hope you can join us!
CO joins lawsuit re: sex ed curriculum: “Forcing states to use medically unsupported, incomplete PREP program content violates laws adopted by Congress,” a statement from the AG’s office reads. www.cpr.org/2025/09/26/c...
Colorado joins lawsuit to stop cuts to federal funds that support sex ed curriculum
The Trump administration has threatened to withhold $1 million over references to gender identity.
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www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Trump administration to cancel funding if NYC does not alter guidelines for trans students
The Trump administration is now demanding that NYC change its policies by Tuesday night or else risk losing millions in grant funding for a handful of public schools.
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www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025... | strong response by Chicago Public Schools!
Here’s how CPS responded to the Trump administration withholding magnet school money
In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Education Friday, Chicago Public Schools’ acting general counsel said the district is in compliance with federal, state, and local laws as it relates to effo...
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www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... | A thoughtful & rational response from DPS in the face of unjust and illegal attacks by Trump's OCR #titleix
Denver Public Schools responds to finding that all-gender restroom violates Title IX
Rather than agree to get rid of its all-gender restrooms, DPS has asked the Trump administration for 90 days to negotiate a resolution.
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www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... ““While they label this a ‘directed investigation,’ make no mistake: there was no on-site review, not a single witness interview was ever conducted, and not one substantive conversation with any OCR attorney ever occurred,”
Marrero: Trump administration weaponizing Title IX, pushing ‘anti-trans agenda’
The Denver superintendent’s comments come a day after the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights found that the conversion of a girls’ restroom to an all-gender restroom at East High Sch...
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40 states could lose federal funds for sex ed if they keep gender identity in curriculum
The Health and Human Services Department told 40 states to remove references to gender identity from their federally funded sex education programs. When California refused to comply, the agency termin...
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www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/15/s...
Trump’s war on DEI in schools dealt a setback by a federal judge he nominated
A federal judge struck down a policy that left many schools worried they would lose federal funding if they did not comply with the Trump administration’s contested interpretation of federal civil rig...
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Win for CO school district sured by anti-trans parents & limits on parents’ rights to influence public school policy & curriculum. www.cpr.org/2025/08/08/j...
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit on JeffCo policy on overnight rooming policy for transgender students
The judge ruled that the policy did not violate students’ constitutional rights.
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My summer “off” as a professor included: revising & resubmitting 2 articles, advising meetings w/4 phd students, serving on an international awards jury, providing 2 external review letters for promotion cases, peer-reviewing 4 articles for journals, prepping 2 classes for fall …
Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders | “trust but verify is in” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders
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US Supreme Court to decide legality of transgender school sports bans reut.rs/4kp63ua
US Supreme Court to decide legality of transgender school sports bans
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear a bid by West Virginia and Idaho to enforce their state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, taking up another civil rights challenge to Republican-backed restrictions on transgender people.
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www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... more watered-down, "2nd choice" social studies curriculum for 4th graders in Colorado
Teachers recommended a social studies textbook. This Colorado school board said no.
A divided school board in western Colorado debated Columbus and Black Lives Matter as they considered a new fourth grade social studies curriculum.
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Three winners of the July drawing for a free copy of “Queer Justice at School” have just been notified! Register now for the August drawing: www.elizabethjmeyer.com/queer-justice
Important article about bonkers-town #TitleIX moves coming from the Department of ENERGY !?! @edweek.org www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
The U.S. Department of Energy Is Trying to Change a Title IX Rule. Why?
Proposals from the U.S. Department of Energy show buy-in from across the administration for the president's view of gender identity.
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How can schools be more supportive of LGBTQIA+ students and their families? There's still time to register for our free #Pride webinar on Queer Justice in School, with author @lizjmeyer.bsky.social—join us today at 3:00pm ET! www.tcpress.com/queer-justic...
New from me in The Atlantic - how SCOTUS's decision in Skrmetti is reviving an archaic line of reasoning on sex discrimination, which was used to justify & legitimize sex discrimination: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Archaic Sex-Discrimination Case the Supreme Court Is Reviving
In Skrmetti, the Court turned to a decades-old decision once thought to be consigned to history.
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Fed gov’t tells CA about what they can’t teach in #sexed - what about education & state’s rights? thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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This week! join us for this FREE webinar on Wednesday for educators, youth workers, family members and young people interested in improving #lgbtq equity at your #school! @tcpress.bsky.social
Liz Meyer (she/her)@lizjmeyer.bsky.social · last yr.Join us on June 25th for a webinar on my new book: Queer justice at school: A guide for student activists, allies, and their teachers. For more details or to register visit: tcpress.org --> upcoming events. #lgbtq #pride #education The webinar will be recorded if you can't attend!
Student Clubs Can Help LGBTQ Youth Thrive | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...
Student Clubs Can Help LGBTQ Youth Thrive
Student clubs can offer a host of benefits to young people—LGBTQ+ youth in particular. What can caring adults do to provide more spaces like this in their communities?
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Why is pride month so important to #lgbtq youth? Here is a short blog to offer some insights @psychtoday.bsky.social 🔗 www.elizabethjmeyer.com/blog
Join us on June 25th for a webinar on my new book: Queer justice at school: A guide for student activists, allies, and their teachers. For more details or to register visit: tcpress.org --> upcoming events. #lgbtq #pride #education The webinar will be recorded if you can't attend!
another example of schools "over-complying" and putting students at risk. www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... "The current version of the policy says “safe learning and work environment” but the revision takes out the word “safe.”
A Colorado district looks to remove LGBTQ policy protections amid Trump’s funding threats
he Montezuma-Cortez district in southwestern Colorado is poised to remove protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity from its nondiscrimination policy.
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