This book brings together leading scholars researching the field of gender, sexuality, schooling, queer activism, and social movements within different cultural contexts. With contributions from more than fifteen countries, the chapters bring fresh insights for students and scholars of gender and sexuality studies, education, and social movements in the Global North and South. The book draws together both theoretical and empirical contributions offering rich and multidisciplinary essays from scholars and activists in the field focusing on outreach work of QSM (Queer Social Movements) in schools, queer activism in educational settings, and the role of QSMs in supporting and informing queer youth.

Autorentext

Dennis A. Francis is Professor of Sociology at Stellenbosch University and former Dean of Education at University of the Free State, South Africa.

Jón Ingvar Kjaran is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Iceland.

Jukka Lehtonen is Senior Researcher in Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The synergistic potential of the outreach work and activism of queer social movements and schools2. Educational Outreach Work in Nordic Countries: Challenges, Tensions and Contradictions for Queering Schools and Teaching about Sexual and Gender Diversity3. Embodying responsibility? Understanding educators' engagement in queer educational justice work in schools4. Challenges to LGBTQI inclusive education and queer activism in Taiwan5. The Sexual Diversity Pastoral Care Group and the Catholic Schools in Chile: An attempt to confront heteronormativity in school spaces6. Education as activism: Sexual dissidence and schooling in Spain7. Queer activism and non-formal outreach work in Iran: Creating a community of support and learning8. Queer Intersectional outreach actions to prevent LGBTQ+ prejudice and discrimination in schools: the Brazilian context and analysis of a local experience9. We're here, we're queer... but are we in schools? Lessons learned from a multicountry project across Eastern and Southern Africa10. "I'm queer and that's ok" Sharing autobiographical stories as a key method of queer activism in Austrian schools11. "I decided to teach... despite the anger": using Forum Theatre to connect queer activists, teachers and school leaders to address heterosexism in schools12. Intersex and education: What can schools and queer school projects learn from current discourses on intersex in Austria13. Conclusions: Queering 'Politics of Pain' through activism and educational outreach work