"This book is a compilation of articles that appeared previously in the Journal of gay & lesbian issues in education, 1(1) (2003): 33-71; 1(2) (2003): 29-58, 77-87; 1(3) (2004): 7-22, 37-66; 1(4) (2004): 3-36, 41-60"--T.p. verso.

My story / Rachel Bromley -- What I would have liked my teachers to know / Madelaine Imber -- On being "queer" / Maayan-Rahel Simon -- Commentaries / Mary Lou Rasmussen ... [et al.] -- Authors' reactions / Madelaine Imber, Maayan-Rahel Simon, Rachel Bromley -- Difficulties Japanese gay youth encounter / Akihiko Komiya ; Keiko Ofuji (translator) -- Growing up gay in China / Rodge Q. Fann -- Commentaries / Kevin Jennings ... [et al.] -- Authors' reactions / Rodge Q. Fann, Akihiko Komiya -- School experiences of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth / Sarah E. Holmes, Sean Cahill -- The research terrain : a brief overview of the historical framework for LGBTQ studies in education / Laura A. Szalacha -- Bullying and homophobia in Canadian schools: the politics of policies, programs, and educational leadership / Gerald Walton -- Serving the needs of transgender college students / Brett Beemyn -- It's elementary in Appalachia: helping prospective teachers and their students understand sexuality and gender / Patti Capel Swartz -- A school-based program to improve life skills and to prevent HIV infection in multicultural transgendered youth in Hawaii / P. Jayne Bopp, Timothy R. Juday, Cloudia W. Charters -- Describing roles that gay-straight alliances play in schools: from individual support to school change / Pat Griffin ... [et al.] -- Some challenges facing queer youth programs in urban high schools: racial segregation and denormalizing whiteness / Lance Trevor McCready.