Supporting Gender and Sexual Diversity in High Schools
/Supporting Gender and Sexual Diversity in High Schools
Published by: Murdoch University, Young and Well Collective. June 2016. Author: Jance Pearce, Wendy Cumming-Potvin, Veronica Gardiner.
A comprehensive document outlining strategies and interventions to build increased awareness and to meet the needs of LGBTQIA+ children and adolescents, which leads directly to improved outcomes.
“Accounts of teachers’ struggles to create safe classrooms and inclusive practices provide valuable insights for other educators, for whom this resource has been written. The resource builds on the productive work of many community and government organisations, such as the Safe Schools Coalition, Freedom Centre, Curtin University’s Centre for Human Rights Education and the Equal Opportunity Commission, to raise awareness of and support sexual and gender diversity in schools. It is hoped this resource will be of interest to every educator who wants to engage in conversations to counter discrimination and bullying specific to gender and sexuality and protect the human rights of all young people, including those who self-identify as LGBTQI.”