, the conversation turned to self-examination, an important educational objective when reading LBLNs (Phillion and He). Participants engaged in this process by sharing individual experiences related to the information found in the packet. Four of us have had students who came out to us as gay or lesbian several years after they left our classrooms. While none of us knew of any students we had taught who transgender were, one participant shared a prior experience dealing with gender variance. She told a story about her niece who encountered family resistance to her masculine gender presentation and her eventual coming out as a lesbian. Her niece's experience of lacking familial and Tag Heuer Replica Watches social support contributed to her decision to drop out of high school. When we learned that two of our members were aware of transgender students at their schools, we all expressed that at some point we felt unsure about how to handle these issues when they emerged in our classrooms. Finally, participants expressed enthusiasm and appreciation for having a space to share their professional and personal experiences.