Surviving School as a Lesbian Student |
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| Authors: | Didi Khayatt |
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| Institution: | Faculty of Education , York University , Toronto , Canada |
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| Abstract: | This paper discusses the results of research undertaken in 1991 which investigates the barriers to quality education for lesbian and gay youth. The study was sponsored by the Ontario Ministry for Education through a transfer grant to the Ontario Institute for Education. Interviews with lesbian (and gay) students at the secondary level were conducted and information gathered from these interviews helped illuminate the organizational features of schools. The lesbian (and gay) interviewees acted as knowledgeable informants whose experiences in the school system served as the basis from which the study began and which enabled the researcher(s) to detect the various organizational factors that prevented lesbian (and gay) students from recieving an education that would realize their full potential. |
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