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“They Didn’t Have Out There Gay Parents—They Just Looked Like Normal Regular Parents”: Investigating Teachers’ Approaches to Addressing Same‐Sex Parenting and Non‐normative Sexuality in the Elementary School Classroom

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Pages 480-501 | Published online: 07 Jan 2015

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