Full Description
What do we mean when we talk about 'queer teachers'? The authors here grapple with what it means to be sexually or gender diverse and to work as a school teacher within four national contexts: Australia, Ireland, the UK and the USA. This new volume offers academics, educators and students a provocative exploration of this pivotal topic.
Contents
Introduction: Marked Presence/Unremarkable Absence: Queer Teachers, 'Identity' and Performativity; Emily M. Gray and Anne Harris 1. Trans Teacher Experiences and the Failure of Visibility; Anne Harris and Tiffany Jones 2. Reframing Queer Teacher Subjects: Neither in nor out but Present; Tania Ferfolja 3. Teachers and Civil Partnership: (Re)producing Legitimate Subjectivities in the Straight Spaces of Schools; Aoife Neary 4. Out in Britain: the Politics of Sexuality Education and Lesbian and Gay Teachers in Schools; Naomi Rudoe 5. Every Child Matters, Pink Shorts and Bullying: LGBTQ Teachers and the Location of Difference within Schools in England; Emily Gray Conclusion: Extravagance and Equity: Queer Tensions in Education; Cris Mayo
