Teaching While Queer

About Teaching While Queer

Queering Education is a Teaching While Queer podcast about LGBTQ inclusive teaching, queer pedagogy, and building authentic, affirming classrooms. Hosted by Bryan Stanton, the show offers practical strategies for educators navigating real challenges in today’s classrooms—connecting theory to practice through conversations, storytelling, and actionable tools.. Each episode centers the lived experiences of queer educators and how they show up for their students, even in systems that weren’t built for them. Whether you’re a K–12 teacher, higher education faculty member, or school leader, you’ll find actionable ways to create affirming learning environments for LGBTQ students and beyond. Through solo episodes and conversations with educators, researchers, and advocates, Queering Education connects theory to practice—covering topics like queer curriculum, equity in education, classroom culture, and navigating policy and resistance in schools. If you’re asking: How do I support LGBTQ students right now? What does inclusive teaching actually look like in practice? How do I show up authentically as an educator? You’re in the right place. This is Queering Education, a Teaching While Queer podcast.

Publisher

Bryan Stanton

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

9 Jun 2022

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

10 of 360 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   What Does Belonging Look Like When Working in Higher Ed? | Ep. 224 (with Renee Wells)

   Bryan interviews Renee Wells, an equity in practice expert, about fostering belonging and building community in higher education.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Who is AI Really Built For? Queering Technology | Ep. 223 (with Raj Korpan)

   Assistant Professor of Computer Science Raj Korpan joins host Bryan to explore how queering technology challenges AI's assumptions and fosters inclusive innovation.

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   What If the Classroom Is the Problem? What Queering Systems Looks Like | Ep. 222 (with Rutvik Sanke)

   Host Bryan Stanton interviews architect and educator Rutvik Sanke about queering educational systems beyond traditional structures to reshape teaching and learning.

Inside a recent episode

A Pride Flag Isn’t Enough Here's What Queer Students Actually Need | Ep. 220 (with Zsofia Leary)

Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But oftentimes, and like what I experienced as well, and what people in the interviews are telling me is that that's kind of where it stopped. So it kind of became almost like a performative allyship sort of thing with these educators. because they weren't stepping in when correct pronouns were being used or like they weren't actually defending their queer students that were getting picked on or were getting bullied so I think you know we say at PFLAG that like allyship starts with a choice right but like part of that choice is you have to think through everything that allyship means so it's not just you're not doing it to make yourself feel better. […]

Who has been a guest on Teaching While Queer

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Renee Wells
• Raj Korpan
• Rutvik Sanke
• Sarabjit
• Sam

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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