Classroom Posters

Make your classroom space more welcoming of LGBTQ+ Identities

Conduct a Classroom Audit

Before deciding how to redecorate your classroom, it's advised to conduct a classroom audit. In their Critical Practices for Anti-Bias Education document, Learning for Justice describes a classroom audit as,

A (nonjudgemental) classroom audit involves "reading" the messages conveyed by the images on the walls, the books on the shelves and the arrangement of the furniture with an eye toward diversity, equity and student empowerment. The audit also includes considering the types of interactions that teachers have with students and that students have with one another.

You can use the inventory sheet below to help with this audit process.

Learning for Justice's One World Series

The images shown below are the One World posters that highlight queer figures, but you can check out the entire One World Series here.

poster that shows a person wrapping their arms around a large bird

bell hooks

Illustrated by Antoaneta Demireva, 2004

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poster that reads we have to embrace our differences to create freedom and acceptance for all - jazz Jennings

Jazz Jennings

Illustration by Carolyn Sewell, 2016

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poster that reads we are not what other people say we are. we are who we know ourselves to be and we are what we love. - Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox

Illustration by Aries Moross, 2018

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Image of two sets of hands. One person's hands are cupped with the palms facing upward. Out of their upward facing palms a heart blossoms. In the heart, it reads you do not have to be me in order for us to fight alongside each other - Audre Lorde. The first set of hands seems to be offering this heart with a message to the second set of hands.

Audre Lorde

Illustration by Meredith Stern, 2019

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Poster of what appears to be the blue silhouette of a woman (almost as if a goddess). She has a flower arrangement on her head and wings coming from either side of her head. the poster reads Pies, Para Qué los quiero is tango alas para solar?

Frida Kahlo

Illustration by Luis Pinto, 2018

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Image of two American flags flanking what appears to be clouds and the sun. In the center, between the flags it reads I, too, am America - Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Illustration by Scotty Russell, 2016

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Poster has the word Hope all in black letters, except for the 0, which is red and has what appears to be teeth to appear as a mouth. Coming form the O / mouth is a speech bubble that says "will never be silent"

Harvey Milk

Illustration by James Victore, 2017

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poster reads we have to harvest and cultivate our own stories not just to feel valid but to feel rejoiced. - kay ulanday Barrett.

Kay Ulanday Barrett

Illustration by Lisa Quine, 2020

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Other Poster Sources

  • GLSEN's Safe Space Kit (click the links in the side bar on their page)
  • I don't usually love TeachersPayTeachers, but I like these free posters from WholeHearted School Counseling

Other Resources

Image of people at a protest. One child holds up a sign that says Defend and Protect Queer Kids

5 Day Teacher Challenge for Creating Inclusive LGBTQ+ Mathematics Classes

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Cover of B's Guide, "Talking about LGBTQ+ Identity: A Guide for PK-16 Educators". There is also a close up picture of a denim shirt pocket with a rainbow patch sewn into the pocket.

Talking about LGBTQ+ Identity: A Guide for PK-16 Educators

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multiple exposures of the rainbow flag in different patterns and the clasped hands of a young man

Visions of a Re/humanized Mathematics for LGBTQ+ Students (Synchronous Course Offering)

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