The topic of whether or not the education of the queer community should be accepted and integrated into our education system is one that is still being debated today. In the 90’s, as the recognition of the queer community grew, several higher education institutions created offices devoted for minority groups including the LGBT community as well as increasing courses and programs devoted to LGBT studies. By the 2000’s, about 20 institutions offered minor courses focusing on LGBT studies. Yet that doesn’t mean that the act of discrimination has decreased. There was resistance faced when courses were implemented in these institutions meant to acknowledge the queer community. This in turn created a systemic hostility between students and teachers. Even today the implementation of queer studies is faced with resistance as many deem it unnecessary and an act of “brainwashing” their children. Even if their resistance does little to change the institution's decision, they will influence their children in a negative manner to commit hate crimes against these minority groups as a way to retaliate. Sadly, many kids have been bullied, beaten, and even killed by fellow classmates simply for expressing their gender identity/sexuality. The most recent case being a nonbinary student killed by classmates in after school hours in the state of Oklahoma.
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