1st Edition

Bisexuality in Education Erasure, Exclusion and the Absence of Intersectionality

Edited By Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Copyright 2016
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

Although many schools and educational systems, from elementary to tertiary level, state that they endorse anti-homophobic policies, pedagogies and programs, there appears to be an absence of education about, and affirmation of, bisexuality and minimal specific attention paid to bi-phobia. Bisexuality appears to be falling into the gap between the binary of heterosexuality and homosexuality that... Read more

Foreword – Becoming and Being: Bisexuality and the Search for Self James T. Sears

1. Erasure, Exclusion by Inclusion, and the Absence of Intersectionality: Introduction and Acknowledgements Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

2. "A Hope to Life Both My Spirits": Preventing Bisexual Erasure in Aboriginal Schools Margaret Robinson

3. Bisexuality and Schooling: Erasure and Implications for Health John P. Elia

4. The Erasure of Bisexual Students in Australian Education Policy and Practice Tiffany Jones and Lynne Hillier

5. "Bisexuality is Just Semantics…" Young Bisexual Women’s Experiences in New Zealand Secondary Schools Mary-Anne McAllum

6. The Adjustment to U.S. Rural College Campuses for Bisexual Students in Comparison to Gay and lesbian Students: An Exploratory Study Jennifer Stroup, Jenny Glass and Tracy J. Cohn

7. "The Case of the Missing Bisexuals": Bisexuality in Books for Young Readers B.J. Epstein

8. Queer Contingencies: Bifurcation and the Sexuality of Schooling Daniel Marshall

9. Bisexuality in Education: Exploring the Experiences, Resourcing and Representations of Bisexual Students, Bisexual Parents, and Educators in Educational Systems- A Discussion John P.Elia

10. Some Thoughts on the Benefits and Limitations of Using Film in Bisexual Education B.C. Roberts

11. Bisexual Books Recommended and Critiqued for Use in Universities and Senior Secondary Schools Sheela Lambert

Biography

Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, and author of eleven books. Her research is concerned with social diversity (genders, cultures, families and sexualities), and she is a founding committee member of the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council.