%0 Journal Article %T The Rainbow Connection: How Music Classrooms Create Safe Spaces for Sexual %A William Southerland %J Music Educators Journal %@ 1945-0087 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/0027432117743304 %X LGBTQ students in many parts of the United States often experience hostility on the part of other students, teachers, and administrators. This article reviews current terminology, examines present-day attitudes and recent literature, and offers suggestions to educators who want to create safe spaces for all students in their classrooms %K gender %K identity %K inclusion %K language %K LGBTQ %K movement %K research %K safe space %K synchrony %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0027432117743304