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Queer Modern Band

Mia Ibrahim (she/they) + Ashley Shabankareh (she/they)

  • Being prideful in our work and teaching to all identities

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“…antidarkness can happen without dark children in the room.” ��Bettina Love

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Match the flag!

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Match the pride flag to the identity! First team to finish wins!

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About your presenters!

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LGBTQIA+

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Queer identities encompass two important categories: Gender (who I am) and Sexuality (attraction)

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LGBTQIA+

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  • Lesbian
  • Gay
  • Bi (bisexual)
  • Trans (transgender)
  • Queer (or questioning)
  • Intersex
  • Ace (asexual)

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TGNCI

  • Trans
  • Gender Non-Conforming
    • Nonbinary
    • NB
    • Enby
  • Intersex

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Pronouns and Gender Identities

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Remember: gender sex

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Names and pronouns shareout!

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Snowball!

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Modern band summit tradition ☺

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  • What are aspects of your identity that have changed over time?
  • What are the pieces of you that are stagnant, cannot change?
  • What color or sound is your mood or aura today?
  • What are ways you’ve incorporated queer identities in your modern band?
  • What are some words or phrases that help identify you?
  • Discuss a time someone’s prejudices affected you or somebody you know.
  • What are questions you have about the queer community?

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�Students and young people questioning identity

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  • What has that looked like for you?�
  • Did you have somewhere or someone to refer them to if need be?

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Seeing themselves in our curriculums

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You can’t be what you can’t see

Women who play professional soccer have been saying this often lately as they fight for equity. Title IX worked to make possible what was once impossible for so many.

What artists can we highlight that embody various identities?

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Turn and talk using gender neutral language!

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Dancing With a Stranger- Sam Smith & Normani

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Dancing With a Stranger (Easy)

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OK not to be OK- Demi Lovato & Marshmello

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Woman by Isa Ma

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Terms to be familiar with

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  • Marginalized
    • adj. (of a person, group or concept) treated as insignificant or peripheral
  • Appropriation
    • noun the action of taking something for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission
  • Intersectionality
    • noun the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage

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  • Normative
    • adj. establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behavior
  • Ableism
    • noun discrimination in favor of able-bodied people

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Know your rights!

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  • Title IX: gender equity laws�
  • Title VII: employee discrimination laws�
  • Diversity and inclusion policies�
  • First amendment rights
    • Free expression
    • Gendered dress codes

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How do these laws restricting students vary by state?

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Repertoire!

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  • Queer artistry�
  • Fam�
  • History

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Resources!

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  • Pride and Less Prejudice
  • Pride Song Pack
  • Teach Rock
  • Them.
  • LGBTQ Nation
  • Mia’s SBO article
  • Local grants and opportunities:
    • NYC DOE Pride Grant
    • Lena Horne Prize education outreach
    • Carnegie and NY Phil
    • Bronx Hip Hop Museum

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Free expression

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Living room series style:

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What does free expression look like to you? Share out a dance, poem, talent, song or anything else with a group or solo.

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Bonus points for gettin’ weird ☺

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Questions?

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Want to Keep in Touch?

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Ashley Shabankareh: amshabankareh@gmail.com

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Mia Ibrahim: mia.ibrahim100@gmail.com

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