Educational Equity for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer/Questioning Students The Demands of Democracy and Social Justice for America’s Schools

Explains how gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and queer/questioning students are denied equal education, offering reasons, based on principles of democracy and social justice, that unjust denial should be remedied. Discusses the importance of teaching values, describing how to analyze the comp...

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Published inEducation and urban society Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 303 - 323
Main Author Macgillivray, Ian K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01.05.2000
Subjects
Bisexuality
Bisexuals
Democracy
Educational Policy
Elementary Secondary Education
Equal Education
Equality
High schools
Homophobia
Homosexual Rights
Homosexuality
Homosexuals
Lesbianism
Public Education
Pupils
Sexual Identity
Social Justice
Sociology of education
Students
Transsexuals
U.S.A
USA
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Summary:Explains how gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and queer/questioning students are denied equal education, offering reasons, based on principles of democracy and social justice, that unjust denial should be remedied. Discusses the importance of teaching values, describing how to analyze the competing claims of those advocating and those opposed to policies to enhance inclusion and school safety for such students. (SM)
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ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/0013124500323003