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Clark, Caroline T.; Blackburn, Mollie V. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
This study examines LGBT-inclusive and queering discourses in five recent award-winning LGBT-themed young adult books. The analysis brought scenes of violence and sex/love scenes to the fore. Violent scenes offered readers messages that LGBT people are either the victims of violence-fueled hatred and fear, or, in some cases, showed a gay person…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Gender Issues
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Blackburn, Mollie V.; Clark, Caroline T.; Nemeth, Emily A. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2015
This paper retrospectively examines a collection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* (LGBT)-themed books discussed by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) and ally students and teachers across 3 years of an out-of-school reading group. Through a textual content analysis of a sub-set of these books, we examine what queer…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Books