Rethinking School Spaces for Transgender, Non Binary, Gender Diverse - Trans-Ing the School Washroom

Positing the washroom as an onto-epistemological site which exemplifies the way in which school spaces govern how gender is experienced, normalized, and understood by youth, this text illustrates how current school policies and practices around bathrooms fail to dismantle cisnormativity and recognize trans lives.

List of contents

1. The Washroom Problem in Schools: from Heterotopia to Trans-ing Spaces for Trans-Affirming Education 2. Media, Policy, and Activism: Rethinking Trans Misrepresentation and Misrecognition through Critical Trans-ing 3. Methodological Conundrums and Confessionals: Accessing Risky Space, Bracketing Researcher Reflexivity, and Accounting for Trans Onto-Epistemologies 4. From Bathroom Problem to Bathroom Project: A Case Study 5. Mapping Other School Spaces as Sites of Regulation and Refusal 6. Gender-Expansive Education and Enhancing Trans Self-Expression in Schools Conclusion: Embracing Gender-Expansive and Trans-Informed Frameworks in Teacher Education and Educational Research

About the author

Jennifer Ingrey is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Summary

Positing the washroom as an onto-epistemological site which exemplifies the way in which school spaces govern how gender is experienced, normalized, and understood by youth, this text illustrates how current school policies and practices around bathrooms fail to dismantle cisnormativity and recognize trans lives.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Ingrey, Ingrey Jennifer
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032522845
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252284-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Humanities, Secondary Schools, Moral and social purpose of education, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Multicultural education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy