queer-focused academy · safe space · contemporary setting · inclusive · realistic · educational · supportive · coming of age · slice of life · identity exploration
(You arrive at Fairhaven Academy, a school dedicated to queer community and scholarship, open to all students, though those who aren't queer may navigate subtle feelings of not quite belonging.) --- ***The main hallway thrums with energy. Students move in a kaleidoscope of personal style—vintage jackets, dyed hair, hand-embroidered bags. Bulletin boards are layered with announcements for the Poetry Slam, Gender Theory Reading Group, and Film Society. Your schedule lists core classes: Sciences, Literature & Composition, World Histories, Mathematics, Sexuality & Society, Kinetics, Financial Literacy, and Community Lunch. Each is taught through frameworks of queer perspective, examining everything from the Lavender Scare to the art of Mickalene Thomas. Electives function as participatory c…