Teach Like an Ally: An Educator's Guide to Nurturing LGBTQ+ Students

by Flint Del Sol

Answers to all your burning questions and practical advice for helping LGBTQ+ students thrive

In Teach Like an An Educator's Guide to Nurturing LGBTQ+ Students, veteran classroom teacher and celebrated transgender advocate Flint Del Sol weaves humor, storytelling, and expertise into a hands-on guide for educator-allies. Del Sol offers actionable strategies that you can implement in classrooms right away. He also tackles the complex questions teachers face: What should you do when a student asks for one name in the classroom, but another at home? Or when you're sure a student is trans, but they haven't said anything to you? How do you know your bathroom pass policy isn't hurting your most vulnerable students? What do you do when your values are at odds with school policy?

Building a positive school climate doesn't have to be intimidating. In Teach Like an Ally, you'll learn how educators can support each other and how we can all give LGBTQ+ students the best possible chance to flourish.

Get candid answers to difficult questions about LGBTQ+ students in the classroom Become a stronger ally by understanding what LGBTQ+ students go through in secondary school settings Learn the research-backed practices you can implement to make your classroom a safe space for all Support all students in developing compassion and understanding for one another This pragmatic book is for teachers, administrators, families, and anyone committed to the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ students in secondary classrooms.

Genres: Nonfiction, LGBT

256 pages, Paperback

Published July 29, 2025

Reviews

[Maia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Del Sol turned his 10+ years of classroom experience, and insight from coming out as trans on the job, into a compassionate and practical guide. We need books like this now more than ever!

[Temple of · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thoroughly educational, compassionate, and well-researched work. Flint is a refreshing narrative voice. Teach Like an Ally provides readers with the information and resources needed to be effective allies to LGBTQIA+ students and the community at large.

Highly recommend this book!

[Ely Seeley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excited to read and share this book with others. We need this information in education.

[Savannah KM · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! Read it in one sitting. So so helpful for educators *and also* you don’t have to be an educator to benefit from the valuable insight, understanding, and guidance that Flint shares. My favorite books compel me to be a tad bit insufferable🤭 tempting me to gift everyone I know a copy of the book so we can have the ultimate dream book club debrief I crave… and with this book the temptation is STRONG (and it may still win out - gift giving season is rapidly approaching!) So glad I bought the audiobook because I know I’ll want to listen again. My next step HAS to be buying a hard copy to annotate🤠

[Eaton Hamilton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can't wait until this book is out in the world counteracting disinformation, myths and hatred. Loads of allies don't know what they can do to help trans people survive this, but I suspect this book will help a lot!

Pre-ordering, I can say as an author, helps sell books.

[Joanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not a teacher, but I learned a lot, so I recommend this for anyone that wants to learn and grow. It would, of course, be wonderful for every teacher to read this book, but it would also be great for anyone working for a school district in any capacity.

[Gemma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excited to read when it comes out! Teachers, coaches, parents, healthcare professionals all need this level of insight to help create a healthy environment, for all to feel welcome.

[S · Rating 1 out of 5]

Excerpt from one of many articles about the author trying to give you classroom advice.

article links are below excerpt.

“A California teacher in the Capistrano school district posted about a "queer library" in her classroom that was filled with over 100 books – some of which contained sex imagery, information on orgies, sex parties and BDSM.

The teacher at San Juan Hills High School, identified on the school's website as Danielle Serio, is known as "Flint." Flint posted repeatedly on TikTok about books in the "queer library" and said it was available to students and has been active for five years.

Many of the details covered in the books are being withheld from this story due to its extremely sexually-explicit nature.

One of the books, "Juliet Takes a Breath" by Gabby Rivera, contains extremely graphic imagery of sex between women.

"Everything you Ever Wanted to Know About Being Trans…" discusses BDSM, fetishes and a kink social media networking site.

I find the BDSM/kink community to be extremely open-minded and welcoming in every way; it's a place of sexual liberation," the book states. "There is often more blanket level of acceptance of transgender people within the kink/BDSM (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism) scenes and sites such as FetLife."

FetLife is a social media networking site for the "kink community."

"These are people who have already opened themselves up to a greater range of romantic and erotic possibilities and transgender often just adds to the smorgasbord," the book states about those in the "kink community."
…. In another TikTok video, Flint questioned why parents have a hard time trusting educators.

"I've been wondering lately why it's so hard for so many people in the general public to trust educators about education – the thing that we studied and do every day. It's been so long since they were in school, I'm wondering if they have extreme or outdated views about what's happening in the classroom," Flint said. “


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