English/Literature
The following is a list of influential people that can be
tied into general language arts curriculum, and may also incorporate
LGBTQ inclusive instruction. These people or events are tied into LGBTQ
curriculum because they are LGBTQ in orientation, or have
influenced modern thought on the inclusion of such minorities. This
list is just a beginning.
Influential People
Sappho - 6th c.
Greek lesbian poet, authoring lesbian-positive pieces
Ronald Firbank - early
20th c. gay author focusing on GLBT equality
Oscar Wilde - witty
19th c. poet
& author, prosecuted for homosexual acts
E.M. Forster - gay author
of positive gay love story in early 20th c.
Walt Whitman - gay
19th c. poet
& author known for sensitive tone
Marcel Proust -
influential 19th c. gay French author whose message is affirmation of
life
Gertrude Stein - early
20th c. avante garde lesbian author, known as a fascist
Alice Toklas - early
20th c. avante garde author, life-long partner of Gertrude Stein
Virginia Woolf -
influential and well-respected 19th & 20th c. bi-sexual author
T.E. Lawrence - gay
19th & 20th c. author of Lawrence
of Arabia
Tennessee Williams -
early 20th c. gay author, playwrite, & Pulitzer Prize winner
Langston Hughes -
early 20th c. gay black author, poet, & playwrite