"I'm Used to It Now": Experiences of Homophobia among Queer Youth in South African Township Schools

Autor/in	Msibi, Thabo
Titel	"I'm Used to It Now": Experiences of Homophobia among Queer Youth in South African Township Schools
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 24 (2012) 5, S.515-533 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2011.645021
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Homosexuality; Student Attitudes; Student Experience; Blacks; High School Students; Disadvantaged Schools; Intervention; Preservice Teachers; Antisocial Behavior; Social Bias; Coping; Violence; Teacher Student Relationship; Self Concept; Teacher Education; Teacher Role; Change Agents; Attitude Change; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Homosexualität; Schülerverhalten; Studienerfahrung; Black person; Schwarzer; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Bewältigung; Gewalt; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Selbstkonzept; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Lehrerrolle; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper explores how sexually marginalised black high-school students from conservative schooling contexts in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, experience schooling. It draws on queer theories through life narratives in presenting findings from a small-scale interventionist project designed by the author. The project involved 14 participants comprising teachers, school learners and pre-service teachers. The study found that queer youth have negative experiences of schooling which range from punitive actions expressed through derogatory language to vicious reactionary hate, often expressed through violence and often perpetrated by teachers. This paper also found resist-stances from queer learners in portraying a positive self-image for themselves as a mechanism for coping with homophobia. As a way of looking forward, it locates teachers at the centre of bringing about change for the queer learners and argues for a re-education of teachers in order to tackle homophobia in schools. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10