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Sexual Orientation and School Policy: A Practical Guide for Teachers, Administrators, and Community Activistsreviewed by Arthur Costigan - 2004 Title: Sexual Orientation and School Policy: A Practical Guide for Teachers, Administrators, and Community Activists Author(s): Ian K. Macgillivray
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham ISBN: 0742525082 , Pages: 224, Year: 2004 Search for book at Amazon.com Since the 1980s there has been ample documentation that the
school experience of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered,
students is not only miserable, but dangerous. According to the
Human Rights Watch (2001), gay youth spend a great deal of time in
school simply trying to avoid verbal harassment, slurs, and shoves,
if not outright beatings. With little energy to focus on their
studies, many gay youth give up and leave school rather than face
continued harassment. As bad as is student harassment,
administrators and teachers frequently avoid assisting gay youth,
and often actually blame them for asking for trouble by being
openly gay. There are numerous cases of gay students being
punished and taunted by teachers and administrators for not
appearing or acting “normal” (Human Rights Watch,
2001). Although there are recent court cases where harassed
students have won significant victories, it seems clear that gay,
lesbian and transgendered kids continue to suffer verbal and
physical abuse in schools. There... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Arthur Costigan
Queens College, The City University of New York E-mail Author ARTHUR COSTIGAN is Assistant Professor of Education and Co-Director of English Education programs at Queens College, CUNY. A former teacher in New York City for 13 years, he is interested in the autobiographies and self understandings of new teachers, particularly in how people come to understand themselves as teachers and learn the teaching craft in poor, urban districts. An allied interest is the lives of students and anti-bias education. He is co-author with Margaret Crocco and Karen Zumwalt of a forthcoming book, Learning to Teach in an Age of Accountability, which focuses on the voices of new teachers a they struggle with contemporary issues in education.
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