ERIC Number: EJ1191943
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Gender Justice/Gender through the Eyes of Children: A Photovoice Project with Elementary School Gender Expansive and LGBTQ-Parented Children and Their Allies
Mackenzie, Sonja; Talbott, Ashleigh
Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, v18 n6 p655-671 2018
How do children experience gender? What are the roles of schools, adults and allies in supporting gender inclusion in a world of gendered categories? Despite a growing public discourse on gender and shifts toward fluid understandings of gender in US popular culture and educational institutions, the voices of transgender and gender expansive children remain on the margins. In Spring 2017, fourteen elementary school children in a school in Northern California, USA, who are gender expansive, transgender and in LGBTQ parented families and their allies documented their understandings and experiences of gender in their lives and in the school using Photovoice methodology. Visual and narrative findings traced three related themes of gendered meanings, gendered spaces and gendered allies. This paper asks how we can build more inclusive school environments in which children can come into their fully gendered selves. By documenting meanings and experiences of gender, children illustrate the infinite possibilities of gender and create pathways to institutional and social change for inclusive educational environments. The paper addresses the role of gender justice in light of persistent injustices rendered in and through gendered states to support movements for educational and social change.
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Elementary School Students, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Educational Environment, Photography, Student Attitudes, Social Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, Friendship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California (San Francisco)
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