The Story of a Salt Lake City Gay-Straight Alliance: Identity Work and LGBT Youth

Autor/in	Mayberry, Maralee
Titel	The Story of a Salt Lake City Gay-Straight Alliance: Identity Work and LGBT Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 4 (2006) 1, S.13-31 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1541-0889
Schlagwörter	School Restructuring; Activism; Homosexuality; Literature Reviews; Case Studies; Personality Traits; At Risk Persons; Personality Development; Phenomenology; Interviews; Network Analysis; Social Networks; Social Attitudes; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Homosexualität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Risikogruppe; Personalilty development; Persönlichkeitsbildung; Persönlichkeitsentwicklung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Netzplantechnik; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung
Abstract	This paper draws from a larger analysis of literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) youth to illustrate how the dominant rhetorical frameworks construct an individual-LGBT student-in identity crises and "at risk." Taylor and Whittier's (1992) framework for understanding "identity construction" in social movement actors is offered as another perspective from which to analyze the experiences of LGBT youth in schools. As an example, a study about a gay-straight alliance (GSA) in Salt Lake City illustrates how LGBT student political activism is a foundation upon which gay and lesbian students resist heterosexist school climates and construct positive identities. The author suggests supporting LGBT grass-roots activism may be a more fruitful approach to school reform than current programs designed by school personnel to "assist" LGBT students. (Contains 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10