Introduction
prejudice
Homophobic and transphobic beliefs that lead to bias-based harassment remain a critical concern for young people in the USA. Homophobia and transphobia negatively impact people’s mental and physical health (Johns et al., This discrimination can, in part, be traced to the stigma and prejudice justified by pathologizing individuals who are not cisgender via diagnostic classifications (Suess Schwend, Schools that create and enforce inclusive policies, adopt inclusive curricula, and sponsor gay-straight alliance (GSA) groups can improve school connectedness, which has been shown to improve academic, health, and well-being outcomes for young people (Snapp et al., However, not all sex education programs that claim to be inclusive are designed in ways that affirm all young peoples’ identities and orientations. LGBTQ teens have identified a number of issues contributing to the lack of positive representation in their health curriculum (Gowen & Winges-Yanez, 