out ally for, how many years now, and seek actively to try and address some of these issues in history class rooms, one of the simplest ways i think that faculty, anyone who's involved with undergraduate education can start educating themselves, is to consider maybe one individual in your field who was an out glbt person and think about the impact that person's work has had on your discipline and to think about whether that person's sexual orientation was a big deal in their career, and simply bringing that up in a classroom setting can be a sign to your students that you are aware of these issues and that you are willing to learn, to open yourself up to the possibility of gaining more of an education.