TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a whole-school approach for sexuality education in supporting and upholding the rights and health of students with intersex variations
AU - Brömdal, Annette
AU - Zavros-Orr, Agli
AU - lisahunter, null
AU - Hand, Kirstine
AU - Hart, Bonnie
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - It is well documented that the most effective sexuality education programmes employ a whole-school learning approach. More specifically, when schools and their leaders and teachers embrace such an approach, they view student learning in the context of the whole experience of being at school–from the classroom, to the home and the partnerships schools form with the local community. In parallel to this, people born with intersex variations report the lack of a systematic and broad approach to recognition and inclusion of intersex variations in schools due to strong ‘normativity’ messaging, including that pertaining to the body. Similarly, schools fail to engage mindfully with contemporary content that promotes a positive and diverse understanding of intersex in educational spaces, guidelines, policies and the curriculum. In line with community expectations outlined by the Darlington Intersex Community Consensus Statement, peer-led intersex rights-and-health-advocacy, and intersex-affirming scholarship, this paper advocates for and seeks to offer recommendations on how schools might enact a whole-school approach for sexuality education that is inclusive, affirming, visible and supportive in promoting and upholding the rights and health of students with intersex variations.
AB - It is well documented that the most effective sexuality education programmes employ a whole-school learning approach. More specifically, when schools and their leaders and teachers embrace such an approach, they view student learning in the context of the whole experience of being at school–from the classroom, to the home and the partnerships schools form with the local community. In parallel to this, people born with intersex variations report the lack of a systematic and broad approach to recognition and inclusion of intersex variations in schools due to strong ‘normativity’ messaging, including that pertaining to the body. Similarly, schools fail to engage mindfully with contemporary content that promotes a positive and diverse understanding of intersex in educational spaces, guidelines, policies and the curriculum. In line with community expectations outlined by the Darlington Intersex Community Consensus Statement, peer-led intersex rights-and-health-advocacy, and intersex-affirming scholarship, this paper advocates for and seeks to offer recommendations on how schools might enact a whole-school approach for sexuality education that is inclusive, affirming, visible and supportive in promoting and upholding the rights and health of students with intersex variations.
KW - bodies
KW - human rights
KW - Intersex
KW - sexuality education
KW - whole-school approach
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098669544&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14681811.2020.1864726
DO - 10.1080/14681811.2020.1864726
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85098669544
VL - 21
SP - 568
EP - 583
JO - Sex Education
JF - Sex Education
SN - 1468-1811
IS - 5
ER -