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Allen, Louisa – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2020
'How can we apprehend homophobia "as more" than we currently know?' This paper attempts a conceptual intervention to rethink current approaches to homophobia in schools. It draws on ideas from feminist philosopher Todd around attention and openness to uncertainty. It also employs queer theoretical notions of subjectless antihomophobia…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Bias, Intervention, Feminism
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Kjaran, Jón; Kristinsdóttir, Guðrún – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2015
Heteronormative culture and heterosexism is experienced by many LGBT students and queer individuals in their daily interactions with their environment. Icelandic upper secondary schools are no exception in this respect. This article draws on interview data with five LGBT students supported by semi-participatory observations at two upper secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
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Onoufriou, Andreas – Gender and Education, 2010
The present article attempts to pay attention to the ways in which a group of young Cypriot students engage in the construction of conventional notions of masculinities through the negation and the fear of homosexual desire. Drawing on interviews with 12 male and female university students, I argue that many young men go through complicated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Fear, Anxiety
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Flores, Judith; Garcia, Silvia – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2009
Judith Flores and Silvia Garcia (University of Utah) draw from the work of their mentor, Rina Benmayor and "Telling to live: Latina feminist testimonios" to establish an organization for Latinas who are staff, faculty, students, alumni, and community members at a predominantly White institution (PWI). Critical race feminism (CRF),…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Critical Theory, Criticism, Sexual Orientation
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Nelson, Fiona – Across the Disciplines, 2004
It is the authors first day of class in a new tenure-track position. She is a sociologist who had been hired to teach Women's Studies at the University of Calgary, where she completed her master's degree some years before. At 9:00 a.m. she boarded the elevator in the basement of the building. The elevator stops on the main floor and the doors open…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Womens Studies, War, Terrorism