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Author Short, Donn.

Title "Don't be so gay!" : queers, bullying, and making schools safe / Donn Short.

Publication Info. Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages).
text file
Series Law & society, 1925-0215
Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Participants: Schools, Students, and Teachers -- Introduction: Navigating Safe and Equitable Schools -- Safe Schools: The Struggle for Control and the Quest for Social Justice -- How Schools Conceptualize Safety: Control, Security, Equity, Social Justice -- Not Keeping a Straight Face: Heteronormativity and the Hidden Curriculum -- Obstacles to the Implementation of Equity Policies -- The Long Arm of the Law? Mapping (Other) Normative Orders in Youth Culture -- 7 Barriers to the Effectiveness of State Law -- Conclusion.
Summary Drawing on interviews with queer youth and their allies in the Toronto area, the author considers the effectiveness of safe school legislation and concludes that the current legislation is often more responsive than proactive.
"Recent cases of teen suicide linked with homophobic bullying have thrust the issue of school safety into the national spotlight. In "Don't Be So Gay!" Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe, Donn Short considers the effectiveness of safe school legislation. Drawing on interviews with queer youth and their allies in the Toronto area, Short concludes that current legislation is often more responsive than proactive. Moreover, cultural influences and peer pressure may be more powerful than legislation in shaping the school environment. Exploring how students' own experiences, ideas, and definitions of safety might be translated into policy reform, this book offers a fresh perspective on a hotly debated issue."--Page 4 of cover.
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Subject Bullying in schools -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Case studies.
Bullying in schools.
Ontario -- Toronto.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Homophobia in high schools -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Case studies.
Homophobia in high schools.
Gay high school students -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Gay high school students.
Social conditions.
Bullying in schools -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Prevention -- Case studies.
Bullying in schools -- Government policy -- Ontario.
Government policy.
Ontario.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: 9780774823265
ISBN 9780774823289 (electronic book)
0774823283 (electronic book)
0774823267 (cloth)
9780774823265 (cloth)
9781283993449 (MyiLibrary)
1283993449 (MyiLibrary)
9780774823296
0774823291