ABSTRACT
From the teachers’ accounts, it is clear that lesbian and gay themes are increasingly arising in the teaching of language and culture, as multisexual discourses in wide circulation beyond the classroom steadily infuse curricula and classroom interactions. However, in some contexts, using gay and lesbian themes is still highly contested: teachers reported that at some educational institutions any mention of these themes was discouraged, if not outright forbidden. This chapter explores issues to do with the exclusion and inclusion of sexual diversity as subject matter in language classes. A case is made that this subject matter can be used to illuminate linguistic and cultural practices and norms and also to question and critique them.
