The Queer Mathematics Teacher

Weekend of conferences. Conference #1 lets gooooo

This book is a must read for anyone wanting to understand the experience of trans athletes, and specifically Black trans athletes. CeCé’s story made me angry, it made me sad, but she also gave me hope and reminded me why we fight.

ID: text that reads “I’ve been in headlines across the United States and across the world, I’ve been named personally in anti-trans legislation. I’ve been honored by top LGBTQ organizations, I’ve been painted as a hero, as a villain, as a symbol, as a representative for an issue that has taken center stage in the culture wars. But when people are busy turning you into a symbol, they forget what you really are: a human being. A person with needs and desires, fears and hopes just like everyone else. At the end of the day, I’m just a girl with a dream. A girl with so much love in her heart. And all I want, all I’ve ever wanted, is the freedom to run.”
-CeCé Telfer, Make It Count

2024 was filled with life events and less books than usual, but still enjoyed my reading journey no less.

2024 in books:

1) The Skin and its Girl by Sarah Cypher
2) Through the Storm by Lynn Spears
3) Guts by Raina Telgemeier
4) Mind of my Mind by Octavia Butler
5) The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine by Ben Ehrenreich
6) Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley Ford
7) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
😎 The City Born Great by N. K. Jemisin
9) Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
10) Refusing Compulsory S*xuality: A Black Asexual Lens on our S*x Obsessed Culture by Sherronda Brown
11) Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté
12) Broken Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
13) The Lightmakers Manifesto by Karen Walrond
14) They Call me Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi
15) Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin
16) We Deserve Monuments by Jed Hammonds
17) Things I Should Have Said by Jamie Lynn Spears
18) Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong
19) Inverse Cowgirl by Alicia Roth Weigel
20) Sipping Dom Pérignon through a Straw by Eddie Ndopu
21) The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
22) The Merciless One by Namina Forna
23) The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
24) The High Conflict Couple by Alan Fruzzetti
25) The Free Peoples Village by Sim Kern
26) Lucia of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia
27) The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna
28) Just your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda
29) Adolescence by Lawrence Steinberg
30) Thread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse
31) Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
32) Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
33) The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
34) Killing Rage by bell hooks
35) Fugitive Pedagogy by Jarvis Givens
36) Here is New York by E. B. White
37) Earth Keeper by N. Scott Momaday
38) Star Child by Ibi Zoboi

ID: images of the book covers of each of the books listed above

New article is out - What Counts as Mathematical Proof and Proving? Redesigning a Teacher Preparation Content Course to Illustrate Liberatory Pedagogies in Action

I’m so proud of the work my two former students Saul Pastora and Syd Stowe put into this over the last two years. It’s been an honor to write with them and appreciate the patience, care, and grace that David Bowers, Alexander S. Moore, & our awesome open reviewer Rani Satyam as we navigated large transitions in all of our (the authors) lives, while simultaneously trying to get this out in the world.

Article available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14532357 (Link in bio)

We have a few spots left! Applications close June 3rd!!

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The Q***r Mathematics Teacher, Radical Pedagogy Institute, & Teach about Women are thrilled to launch a 4th summer of “Camp” of Mathematical Q***ries!
This exciting initiative is a FREE virtual enrichment program tailored to 2SLGBTQIA+ teens (grades 9-12). It provides students with a space to grow and learn skills that will serve them both in & outside of the classroom, & to connect with 2SLGBTQIA+ peers and mentors.

This summer we will be focusing on the mathematics of gerrymandering, which is a way politicians redraw voting districts to weaken or strengthen the power of specific communities, including q***r and trans communities.
Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/CampMathQ***ries24

This year’s program is supported by HRT Foundation and Mathematics Association of America.

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We still have a few spots left! Applications close June 3rd!

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The Q***r Mathematics Teacher, Radical Pedagogy Institute, & Teach about Women are thrilled to launch a 4th summer of “Camp” of Mathematical Q***ries!

This exciting initiative is a FREE virtual enrichment program tailored to 2SLGBTQIA+ teens (grades 9-12). It provides students with a space to grow and learn skills that will serve them both in & outside of the classroom, & to connect with 2SLGBTQIA+ peers and mentors.

This summer we will be focusing on the mathematics of gerrymandering, which is a way politicians redraw voting districts to weaken or strengthen the power of specific communities, including q***r and trans communities.
Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/CampMathQ***ries24

This year’s program is supported by HRT Foundation and Mathematics Association of America.

***rKids

Alt Text: Image containing much of the information from the image caption, with the word “Camp” in rainbow colors and a blue sky with clouds behind it.

The Q***r Mathematics Teacher, Radical Pedagogy Institute, & Teach about Women are thrilled to launch a 4th summer of “Camp” of Mathematical Q***ries!

This exciting initiative is a FREE virtual enrichment program tailored to 2SLGBTQIA+ teens (grades 9-12). It provides students with a space to grow and learn skills that will serve them both in & outside of the classroom, & to connect with 2SLGBTQIA+ peers and mentors.

This summer we will be focusing on the mathematics of gerrymandering, which is a way politicians redraw voting districts to weaken or strengthen the power of specific communities, including q***r and trans communities.
Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/CampMathQ***ries24

This year’s program is supported by HRT Foundation and Mathematics Association of America.

***rKids

Alt Text: Image containing much of the information from the image caption, with the word “Camp” in rainbow colors and a blue sky with clouds behind it.

Two book chapters I coauthored coming your way at the end of the month, both in Kia Darling-Hammond and Bre Evans-Santiago’s edited book "T* is for Thriving: Blueprints for Affirming Trans* and Gender Creative Lives and Learning in Schools."

The first chapter, coauthored with the amazing Tyrone Martinez Black, is titled “2SLGBTQIA+ Community Centers: A Beacon of Hope” and is a high school geometry lesson focused on assets within the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Centers as community assets.

The second, coauthored with the also amazing Cathery Yeh, El Chen, and Kia Darling-Hammond, is titled “Yassifying Math with “The Hips of the Drag Queen”
By El Chen” and is a K-1 math lesson focused on counting

Available for pre-order now! https://myersedpress.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781975505271/T-is-for-Thriving

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About the book:
T* Is for Thriving offers collected wisdom from educators and community members about meeting trans* and gender creative (T*GC) students™ needs in schools. In it, the editors, Kia Darling-Hammond and Bre Evans-Santiago, have combined lesson plans that offer models for inclusive instruction with stories that amplify community guidance about how to be responsive, affirming, and celebratory. In this time of struggle for basic T*GC human and civil rights, this book makes it easier for educators to be, as they historically have been, champions of justice”building the schools, communities, and world we dream of. T* Is for Thriving is essential reading for anyone involved in defending the rights of educators and students. It is the perfect text for courses in teacher education, as well as those focused on social justice, LGBTQ+ topics, and critical pedagogy.

MYERS Education PRESS



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It’s here! So excited to read some of the other chapters in the book.

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As I wrote in the chapter, “I will never inherently inherently understand what it means to practice antiracism in mathematics or beyond precisely because I am not Black or Afro-Latinx. I can, however, work towards-recognizing that I will never fully achieve- an antiracist q***r and trans pedagogy by looking to Black scholars, particularly q***r and trans Black or Afro-Latinx scholars with expertise in antiracist q***r and trans pedagogy. For this reason, I rely on the work and words of q***r and trans Black scholars to inform my discussion and practice of an antiracist pedagogy throughout this chapter. They are the experts, and while this chapter presents my interpretation of their scholarship and activism, I urge you to read their work to inform your own practice of enacting antiracist q***r and trans pedagogy.”

Scholars and activists to begin with (discussed in the chapter):
-Bettina Love
-Shamari Reid
- Ed Brockenbrough
-Crystal LaBeija (activist, House mother)

Add Black Q***r and Trans scholars to read and learn from, as well as q***r and trans activists to learn about/from in the comments.