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Bullying in schools has garnered significant attention recently, but little has been said about the bullying of homosexuals and transexual students in Canadian high schools. This book fills that gap by exploring the experiences of youth who identify or are identified as "queer." Based on interviews…

Author: Haskell, Rebecca; Burtch, Brian

Place of Publication: Halifax, NS

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: Paperback: 126 pages

Subject: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues; LGBT; Education. Schools; Bullying

Abstract: Bullying in schools has garnered significant attention recently, but little has been said about the bullying of homosexuals and transexual students in Canadian high schools. This book fills that gap by exploring the experiences of youth who identify or are identified as "queer." Based on interviews with recent high school graduates in British Columbia, these researchers provide stories of physical, verbal, and emotional harassment in this group and offer insights into the negative outcomes that result from the experience of being bullied. On the other hand, however, these young people were not helpless victims: many learned to rely on resistance, inner strength, and true friends. In the last chapter, the authors make recommendations for handling homophobic and transphobic bullying in high schools and supporting students who experience this form of harassment.

ISBN: 9781552663783

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Call Number: GA 600 HAS 2010

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Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library

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