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Let all students know your classroom is a safe space and that all students are supported

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"The most important outcome for this stream is a student’s ability to find emotional support at school when faced with issues around SOGI"
-school should be a safe place for students

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Classroom educators are always engaging the sociological
response since they are performing and operating in a social environment in which seemingly insignificant acts can have great
influence. Thus, practitioners need to be acutely aware of, and responsive to, the social environment students establish.

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"Establishment of social norms around SOGI, particularly with regard to language. Students frequently use terms like “faggot” and “dyke,” which, according to one colleague, “they typically used and didn’t know that they were offensive,"
-we need to teach students how to interact with students!!

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"As someone who was bullied as a student, witnessing harassment around SOGI as a teacher evokes many emotions, and often
compels me toward emotive responses, such as asking students privately about their feelings and engaging in group discussions
on the emotional toll of such harassment."
-using personal experiences to guide how you treat others fairly in the classroom

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make sure you  know the schools code of conduct and procedures to react appropriately

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"I have resorted to legal responses minimally, mostly by promoting students’ right to feel safe, and occasionally by reporting behavior through official protocols."
-Class rules, fostering community

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Be familiar with the laws in place to protect students and use them to help you determine whether a situation requires action and what that action should be.

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"promoting students’ right to feel safe"

Students have a legal right to an education