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When queer kids face violence for defending themselves

My teenage son's school called because he got suspended for fighting kids who were calling him slurs and I don't know whether to punish him or be proud that he stood up for himself.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Systems that punish victims equally with aggressors force impossible choices between self-advocacy and institutional compliance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Queer identity as political and personal?”

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