A Radical Rethinking of Sexuality and Schooling challenges all the cant and cliché swirling around the lives of those who 'opt to be otherwise,' living outside and beyond the hetero/patriarchal paradigm. Eric Rofes upends the dogmatic dominant narrative of childhood innocence and its contemporary twin, childhood trauma, exploring the possibility of childhood as much more complex, dynamic, propulsive, conflicted, contradictory, and contested. This revolutionary book will change the way you look at childhood, sexuality, and yourself.

William Ayers, educational theorist, author, and distinguished professor of education and senior university scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago

A Radical Rethinking of Sexuality and Schooling reflects the unsurpassed wisdom that the restlessly brilliant Rofes has acquired through his long and multifaceted career. In this highly provocative book, he challenges us to rethink at the most fundamental level what we believe about youth, power, and sexuality.

Jackie M. Blount, Iowa State University

Woven with rich personal accounts, and mingled with feminist, queer and educational theory, this book is readable, intense, and original.

Myers Book Commentary

Up front and out front again! Educator, gay liberationist, and HIV/AIDS activist Eric Rofes challenges our assumptions about childhood, teaching, and learning in this excellent book. Whether deconstructing anti-homophobic curricululum in classrooms, HIV/AIDS prevention in the community, or graduate programs in education, Rofes is both provocative and surprising, angry and celebratory, hopeful and visionary. This book is essential reading for progressive educators and activists who want to create an effective agenda for the difficult years to come.

Jonathan Silin, Bank College of Education