Whilst protected by equaly laws, lbian gay and bisexual (LGB) teachers have varyg experienc wh Uned Kgdom schools. Schools are predomantly heteronormative, moreover LGB has been posned as nflict wh disurs of childhood nocence. However, recently there is more expectatn of cln of diverse genr and sexuali. Although how this is enacted is nsistent wh and between schools. By drawg on terview data nducted 2020, this rearch analys the experienc of LGB teachers. Moreover, brgs together two bodi of lerature that do not often speak to each other—rearch that explor teacher inty and rearch that centers LGB teacher inty. Fdgs suggt there are monali between the bodi of rearch, for stance around the importance of ‘beg yourself’ and of teachers’ past experienc. However, there is special signifince for LGB teachers whose inti have historilly been nied schools, bee of their sexual inty. In addn, there is the expectatn unr neoliberalism of dividuals actng cln. As such, the LGB teacher may bee a pedagogil rource. None of this is equally available, although marketized notns of diversy place rponsibily onto the dividual. In their actns, the LGB teacher inty is always profsnal, personal and polil.
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- GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
- GAV NEWSOM F SCHOOL DISTRICT $1.5 LN FOR REJECTG MATERIALS MENTNG GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
* are there gay schools *
WASHINGTON – A feral appeals urt has led that a Catholic high school Indianapolis was ee to fire a gay guidance unselor bee she performed at least some relig duti, the latt legal setback for LGBTQ+ rights when they nflict wh Fzgerald had worked for 14 years as a guidance unselor at Ronlli High School when school officials disvered she was married to another woman.
Most famoly the UK, this harmful rhetoric was prent Sectn 28 the 1988 Lol Government Act which stated, ‘a lol thory shall not … promote the teachg any mataed school of the acceptabily of homosexualy’ (Department of Edutn and Science.
For example, Lee (2019) found that LGB teachers who tght unr Sectn 28 are ls likely to tervene homophobic bullyg. More specifilly, post Equaly Act 2010 the UK ernment troduced homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic anti-bullyg strategi and polici to schools.
GAV NEWSOM F SCHOOL DISTRICT $1.5 LN FOR REJECTG MATERIALS MENTNG GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
Inty is an anizg element (du Gay, 2007), that allows teachers to make sense of themselv relatn to their profsn (MacLure, 1993; Bechamp and Thomas, 2009). Lbian gay and bisexual teacher inty. Alsup, however, do not explore the lived experienc of lbian, gay or bisexual teachers.
Recent rearch by Rudoe (2018) furthers the ias by acknowledgg that many lbian and gay teachers have bee more fortable beg open wh their lleagu about their sexual inty, but not wh their stunts.
Furthermore, acknowledg that inty is an anizg tegory, through s discursive nstctn (du Gay, 2007). The majory of the participants also intified as gay or lbian, wh a small number as bisexual, or queer2. Furthermore, was evint om the terviews that the participants uld be read as largely homonormative (Duggan, 2002).