Mollie V. Blackburn is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Ohio State University, USA. Her research focuses on literacy, language, and social change, with particular attention to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and the teachers who serve them.

Caroline T. Clark is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University, USA. Her research focuses on language and literacy practices in and outside of school and collaborative research with teachers, young people, and families for social action. Since 2004, she has co-led a teacher inquiry group with Mollie Blackburn committed to supporting LGBTQQ and gender creative students in schools.

Wayne J. Martino,Ph.D., is Professor of Equity and Social Justice Education in the Faculty of Education at The University of Western Ontario, Canada. His research interests are in the fields of gender and sexual diversity studies in education with a current focus on supporting transgender, gender independent and gender expansive youth in schools.