The lead article of the January 2002 issue of "Educational Leadership" suggested five strategies for schools to welcome children from sexual minority families. The journal for "Equity and Excellence in Education" has finalized a special issue focusing on LGBTQ issues in schools. The "Journal of Adolescence" (2001) and the "High School Journal" (1993-1994) have already featured such special issues. Each of these reflects the positive changes in school climates for LGBTQ students, teachers, faculty, and staff as well as the vast growth and development in the research and scholarship regarding both LGBTQ educational issues and queer theory itself in the past two decades. As a primary agent in the socialization of children, educational institutions, as a whole, tend to reify the present hegemonic ideologies--including an essentialist view of human sexuality. The "Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education" ("JGLIE") embraces this tension between theory and practice, educational scholarship and policy as they extend the efforts of the past two decades. Educators are building on this expansion with a call for submissions with a clear emphasis on the implications of results to educational policy and practice. For those researchers who have faced the challenges of finding an appropriate venue for publishing their LGBTQ focused educational research, "JGLIE" offers an exciting opportunity.