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Ms. Conover from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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LGBT-Inclusive Library

My students need need to see their identities reflected in the books offered by our middle school library.

  • $403 goal

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My Students

Last year, I started the first GSA (Gender-Sexuality Alliance) at my middle school in South Brooklyn. I wasn't sure that any students would be interested, since my school is located in a very conservative area. To my surprise, over 30 students came to the first meeting!

These kids are bright, inquisitive, accepting, and hopeful.

They came to the first meeting with many ideas about how to improve our school community by making sure all students feel safe in the classroom and hallways, regardless of race, sexuality, gender expression, gender identity, immigrant status, religion, and ability. So far, they have organized a "no name calling week," created artwork and posters about accepting LGBT+ students, organized "no one eats alone" day in the lunchroom, read books about acceptance and diversity to elementary school students, and delivered a presentation to teachers and staff about creating LGBT inclusive lessons and classroom environments.

My Project

Last year, through your generous donations, my GSA (Gender-Sexuality Alliance) was able to create our library's first LGBT-friendly section. This project was a huge success- students regularly checked out books from the library, and recommended their favorites to each other.

All young readers deserve to see their identities reflected in the books they read.

The LGBT youth organization GLSEN reports that nearly 4 in 5 LGBT students don't see positive LGBT representation in their curriculum, nearly 9 in 10 experience verbal harassment, and almost a third miss school for feeling unsafe or uncomfortable. This library helps my students to feel connected to one another and to the world around them.

I want to further develop our library with recent Lambda Literary Award finalists. The Lambda Literary Awards ("Lammys") celebrate excellence in LGBTQ publishing in multiple categories, including Young Adult and Children's books. One book I am very excited to add to our library is "Girl Mans Up," a debut YA novel by M-E Girard which explores questions of family, friendship, loyalty, and identity through the voice of Pen Oliveira, a 16-year old girl who’s “not into dudes,” is told that she "looks like a boy," and doesn’t understand why “it’s such a big deal to people, the way I am.”

Ms. Conover PS 207 Elizabeth Leary Grades 6-8

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

500 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Marvels • Amazon Business $17.79 1 $17.79
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing • Amazon Business $14.66 1 $14.66
The Sidekicks • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
Like Water • Amazon Business $12.88 1 $12.88
Like Water • Amazon Business $12.88 1 $12.88
Beast • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity • Amazon Business $11.87 1 $11.87
We Now Return to Regular Life • Amazon Business $11.35 1 $11.35
We Now Return to Regular Life • Amazon Business $11.35 1 $11.35
Freakboy • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Not Your Sidekick • Amazon Business $10.84 1 $10.84
Dreadnought: Nemesis - Book One • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Girls Like Me • Amazon Business $10.46 1 $10.46
Girls Like Me • Amazon Business $10.46 1 $10.46
Girl Mans Up • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
If You Could Be Mine: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
More Happy Than Not • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Our Chemical Hearts • Amazon Business $9.34 1 $9.34
Ashes to Asheville • Amazon Business $9.28 1 $9.28
None of the Above • Amazon Business $9.26 1 $9.26
Anything Could Happen • Amazon Business $9.16 1 $9.16
Highly Illogical Behavior • Amazon Business $8.92 1 $8.92
Carry On • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Two Boys Kissing • Amazon Business $8.73 1 $8.73
The Midnight Star (The Young Elites) • Amazon Business $8.56 1 $8.56
Symptoms of Being Human • Amazon Business $8.55 1 $8.55
Symptoms of Being Human • Amazon Business $8.55 1 $8.55
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children • Amazon Business $5.14 1 $5.14

Materials cost

$307.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$342.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.39

Total project goal

$402.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $402.62

2 Donors

-$343.73

Donations toward project cost

-$342.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$58.89

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