Exploring the Impact of an Anti-Homphobia and Anti-Transphobia Program on a Teacher Education Program: LGBTQ Pre-Service Teachers Identify Benefits and Challenges

What can we learn from the experiences of pre-service LGBTQ teachers in a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) program with an explicit articulation of creating positive spaces for LGBTQ learners? This particular B.Ed.. program explicitly used anti-oppressive teaching practices to challenge racism, sexism, classism, homophobia and transphobia. As part of mandatory foundation courses all pre-service teachers in this B.Ed. program are required to participate in LGBTQ education. Participants