Deb Bixler is a motivational speaker who specializes in healthy living and diversity education for kindergarten through high school level school programs.  Author and illustrator of the children’s book My Two Aunts, Deb is a passionate school speaker who keeps the students involved no matter what the topic.  She creates custom topics in the areas of whole food choices, healthy living, drug and alcohols recovery, back yard habitat and diversity education.  Her mission is to change the way children eat now and into the next generation and to eliminate homophobia in the schools.  

 

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Fight Homophobia – Avoid Heterosexism In Schools

Heterosexism is the assumption that all people are (or should be) physically and emotionally attracted to people of the opposite sex.  This rejects all the life experiences of gay, lesbian and bisexual people and gives a real advantage to heterosexual people. Prejudices happen every day.  Sometimes they are subtle, such as assuming that someone is heterosexual.  Other times they are more blatant physical acts of violence.  Either way these are homophobic actions, whether done on the conscious or subconscious level that we should avoid..  This homophobia not only hurts GLBT people, it also hurts heterosexuals. The book, My Two Aunts fights homophobia by educating children at a young age.

Children Are Hurt By Anti-Gay Prejudices

Gay, lesbian or straight all children should be celebrated. Homophobia in schools hurts all children no matter what their sexual orientation. Students walking through the alls of their schools hear and average of 25.5 anti-gay prejudice remarks a day. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, homosexuals are probably the most frequent victims of hate crimes. A National Gay and Lesbian Task Force survey found that 45% of gay men and 20% of lesbians reported being harassed or attacked in high school because they were perceived to be lesbian or gay. These anti-gay prejudices hurt all children. 

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Take Action Stop Homophobic / Anti-Gay Prejudices

Everyone can take action to stop homophobia. We all have a responsibility to fight homophobic behavior in our lives. There are many ways we reduce anti-gay prejudice such as:

Eliminate Homophobia In Schools Education

Deb has several elementary level children’s educational programs: