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Ms. Newman from Philadelphia PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Let's Build Our LGBTQIA+ Library!

Help me give my students books and pride flags that represent their personal truth!

  • $340 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our motto is “we are a school for everyone” and the Gender & Sexuality Alliance is a perfect example of that reality. Our members reflect the diversity of the City of Brotherly Love in ethnic background, gender expression, and sexual orientation.

Unfortunately, the GSA is the only place some of the students feel safe to express their true selves.

In order to make our space as welcoming as possible, I want to provide a classroom library of LGBTQIA+ contemporary literature so they can see their lives reflected in the books they read. Literature is an important source of affirmation and my GSA members deserve to be able to come into a meeting and borrow a book without having to make a special trip to a library branch – especially if that means bringing home a book that could cause them problems at home.

GSA members often come to me seeking pins, flags, and other symbols of queer and transgender representation. I am creating a selection of pins & pride flags that students may choose from when they need a reminder that regardless of how they identify, we are here to support them. Thank you for your support!

My Project

My students often feel like outsiders among their peers and families and come to the GSA to feel like they belong. Although LGBTQIA+ representation has recently increased on TV and film, often high school students lack independent access to these resources. The best way for them to "see" themselves and others like them living their truth, exploring relationships, and learning how to relate to others, is through literature.

Sadly, like so many Philadelphia high schools, LHS no longer has a library.

Our library was turned into classroom space several years ago to help serve our ever-growing population. Increasing the number of LGBTQIA+/ethnically diverse books in my classroom library will provide students a place to find resources to support their emotional growth.

Finally, I am creating a bank of pride material that students can choose from to support their social and emotional well-being. Regardless of how isolated from their community they might feel at home or among their heteronormative, cis-gender classmates, students will be able to wear or carry the symbols of their personal pride at school in safety.

Ms. Newman
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Consummate Rainbow Pride Flag Set Small Mini Gay Stick Flags LGBT Party Decorations,70 Pack • Amazon Business $15.99 5 $79.95
Flaglink Progress Pride Flag 3x5 Fts - LGBT Community Support Gay Pride Rainbow Banner • Amazon Business $6.94 5 $34.70
Queer: A Graphic History • Amazon Business $17.69 1 $17.69
The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
JULIET TAKES A BREATH • Amazon Business $13.78 1 $13.78
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic • Amazon Business $11.28 1 $11.28
The Gravity of Us • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Falling in Love Montage, The • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Darius the Great Is Not Okay • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
House in the Cerulean Sea • Amazon Business $9.80 1 $9.80
Fire Shut Up in My Bones • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
We Are Totally Normal • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$254.83

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$288.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.94

Total project goal

$339.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$339.59

3 Donors

-$256.46

Donations toward project cost

-$217.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.47

match offer

-$83.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$70.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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