Women's Studies 2163A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lgbt

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2163A/B
• Professor: Samantha Brennan

Document Summary

Canadian study: lgbtq youth more likely (51%) say homeless cause inability to get along with their parents, 34% say violence made them leave home, compared to hetero (16%, 40% youth experiencing homelessness is canada are lgbtq. Lesson 2-school focused strategies: ontario schools are more cautious about their policy. Most canadians support sex ed but less about sexual identity. Implementation of policy slow: continuing capacity of religious conservatives to mobilize in opposition to inclusive measures, unreadyness of most teachers to address questions of sexual diversity, lack of resources to teach these issues. Current progress: significant shift at school board level occurred in toronto (1990s, 2000s, ontario establish guidelines policies that included sexual orientation yet only continue to be framed around harassment. A lot of policies are focused around abuse/harassment only which is only half of the story: 2011, accepting school act, toughens penalties for bullying/hate acts.