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GLBTIQ Students: From objects to activists in Sexual Health

  • Tiffany Jones

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Abstract

Both historically and recently, dominant constructions present gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer students as 'victims' - of their own deviance, of disease, of bullying or of schooling systems. In contrast, a range of media cases and data from several recent studies present a different picture. GLBTIQ students have been particularly pro-active in promoting their own rights and sexual health interests, and in advocating for better sexuality education in schools. Greater recognition is needed of GLBTIQ students as teachers and activists, to contrast with the victim-based constructions that are privileged in the research and policy literatures today.
Original languageEnglish
Pages19-19
Publication statusPublished - 2014
EventHHARD 2014: 13th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases - Promises & limitations: biomedical treatment and prevention in the real world - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 20 Feb 201421 Feb 2014

Conference

ConferenceHHARD 2014: 13th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases - Promises & limitations: biomedical treatment and prevention in the real world
CitySydney, Australia
Period20/02/1421/02/14

Keywords

  • Gender, Sexuality and Education
  • Specialist Studies in Education

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