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This topical book explores the Ally perspective in advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer and Inter-sex (LGBTQI+) human rights across American, Canadian, and Australian educational contexts.
List of contents
1 Introduction: LGBTQI+ Allyship: An exploration in Education, Advocacy, Activism and Participatory Collaborative Research
2 The LGBTQI+ ally movement in North America and Australia: from Gay-Straight Alliances to Safe Schools Coalition and university networks
3 From the individual to the corporation: Contemporary and historical definitions of the LGBTQI+ ally
4 The LGBTQI+ ally movement for marriage equality: Media, politics and legislation in Australian, American and Canadian communities
5 Unjust spaces and educational institutions: Key questions about research into gender and sexuality and the role of the ally
6 Promoting LGBTQI+ human rights through a Young and Well Co-operative Research Centre project
7 Allied work and teachers: Disrupting or sustaining regimes of normalized genders and sexualities
8 The high school prom: Rites of passage, heteronormativity and struggles for LGBTQI+ students and their allies
9 The celebrity LGBTQI+ ally: Local and global communities
10 Conclusion
About the author
Wendy M. Cumming-Potvin is Associate Professor in the College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education at Murdoch University, Australia.
Summary
This topical book explores the Ally perspective in advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer and Inter-sex (LGBTQI+) human rights across American, Canadian, and Australian educational contexts.