Am I Safe Here?: LGBTQ Teens and Bullying in Schools
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Rating | : | 4.57 (626 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0774890215 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-04-18 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Donn Short is associate professor of law at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of Don't Be So Gay! and coauthor of The Every Teacher Project
Donn Short treats students as the experts, asking them to shine a light on the marginalization and bullying faced by LGBTQ youth. "Am I safe here?" Every day, LGBTQ students ask this question within the school system. This book offers a path to creating equitable and inclusive schools, drawing on the spontaneous and timely words of LGBTQ students to show that nothing less than a total culture change is needed.. They insightfully identify that safety comes from a culture that values equity and social justice, not just security cameras, and they envision a future in which LGBTQ youth are an expected, respected, and celebrated part of school life
This book shines a light on the marginalization and bullying faced by LGBTQ youth, offering a new conceptualization of school safety.Donn Short treats students as the experts on what happens in their schools, giving them a chance to speak for themselves. Rather, it draws from the informal, spontaneous, timely, and relevant words of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students to show that nothing less than a total culture change is needed.. They identify what it would take to make a school truly safe – insightfully explaining that safety doesn’t come merely from security cameras, ID tags, and dress codes, but from a culture that values equity and social justice. Revealing the reality of going to school in an environment that implicitly (and sometimes explicitly) endorses homophobia, heterosexism, and h