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Author Short, Donn, author.

Title Am I safe here? : LGBTQ teens and bullying in schools / Donn Short
Published Vancouver ; Toronto : On Point Press, a UBC Press imprint, [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 140 pages) : illustrations
Contents Changing the culture -- How safe is my school? -- Homophobia, heterosexism, and heteronormativity -- Rules to live by, or how to succeed in school without really changing anything -- What now?
Summary "Am I safe here?" Every day, LGBTQ students ask this question within the school system. 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. 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 heteronormativity, the students share their ideas about how to change school culture. They envision a future in which LGBTQ youth are an expected, respected, and celebrated part of school life. Am I Safe Here? explores what needs to be done to create equitable and inclusive schools--but it is not strictly about formal professional development plans. 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."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Lesbian students -- Canada
Gay students -- Canada
Bisexual students -- Canada
Transgender youth -- Canada
Sexual minorities -- Canada
Teenagers -- Canada.
Bullying in schools -- Canada
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Bisexual students
Bullying in schools
Gay students
Lesbian students
Sexual minorities
Teenagers
Transgender youth
Youth (LGBTQ).
Queer youth.
Bullying.
Canada
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774890229
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0774890231
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