Part 1: The problem. 1. The problem of homophobia in schools and what literacy has to do with it : The big picture ; LGBTQQ youth speak out ; Not just LGBTQQ youth ; Impact on LGBTQQ students' academic achievement ; Reading LGBTQ-themed texts in school ; In and out of schools ; Reading and writing words and worlds ; Practitioner applications: interrupt hate -- Part 2. LGBTQQ youth as agents and activists. 2. Developing agency in queer friendly contexts : Literacy performances ; Not school ; Rejecting school ; Imagining school ; Mimicking school ; Schoolishness of literacy performances ; Practitioner applications: foster student agency -- 3. Preparing for and asserting agency in schools : Individual action ; Collective action ; Practitioner applications: promote student activism -- Part 3: Students and teachers as allies. 4. Be(com)ing student allies : Becoming allies through reading ; Being allies ; Being allies by always becoming allies ; Having what it takes ; Practitioner applications: nurture student allies -- 5. Be(com)ing teacher allies : Challenges and risks of self-identification ; Education through discussion, resources, and inquiry ; Recognizing and reacting to homophobia in schools ; Gay-straight alliances ; Curriculum and pedagogy ; Policy and politics ; Educating others ; Allies among allies ; Practitioner applications: be(come) an ally.