What's so contentious about promoting acceptance of gender and sexual diversity?

Tania Penovic

What's so contentious about promoting acceptance of gender and sexual diversity?

Tania Penovic

Law Academic

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Abstract

The school environment is where children who fall outside the prevalent hetero-normative model have been most vulnerable to abuse. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and intersex students have been marginalised and subjected to bullying and harassment and have not been in a position to enjoy a range of rights in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet initiatives in line with human rights education have proved to be highly contentious, with children’s voices and perspectives drowned out by moral panic dominated by adult perspectives and assumptions and the CRC largely absent from the debate.

This paper focuses on Australia’s Safe Schools program as a model of human rights education. It examines the public and political response to the program and its ramifications for human rights.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	7th International Conference on Human Rights Education
Editors	Andrea Valdivia, Andrés Soffia Vega, Carmen Andrade Lara., Eduardo Alejandro Solís Muñoz, Fernando Atria, Juan Alejandro Henríquez Peñalillo, María Daniela Sánchez Stürmer, Margaret Sarles, María Emilia Tijoux M., Rita Lages, Roberto Garretón, Sergio Fuenzalida Bascuñán, Verónica Edith Gómez Urrutia, Lucy Mirtha Ketterer Romero
Place of Publication	Santiago Chile
Publisher	Universidad de Chile
Pages	1-12
Number of pages	12
Publication status	Published - 17 Jan 2017
Event	International Conference on Human Rights Education: “Addressing the Challenges of the Civil Society” - Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Duration: 12 Dec 2016 → 15 Dec 2016 Conference number: 7 http://ihrec2016.org/en/

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Rights Education
Abbreviated title	IHREC 2016
Country/Territory	Chile
City	Santiago
Period	12/12/16 → 15/12/16
Internet address	http://ihrec2016.org/en/

Keywords

school education
gender diversity
LGBTI students
children’s participation
moral panic

Cite this

Penovic, T. (2017). What's so contentious about promoting acceptance of gender and sexual diversity? In A. Valdivia, A. S. Vega, C. A. Lara., E. A. S. Muñoz, F. Atria, J. A. H. Peñalillo, M. D. S. Stürmer, M. Sarles, M. E. Tijoux M., R. Lages, R. Garretón, S. F. Bascuñán, V. E. G. Urrutia, & L. M. K. Romero (Eds.), 7th International Conference on Human Rights Education (pp. 1-12). Universidad de Chile.

Penovic, Tania. / What's so contentious about promoting acceptance of gender and sexual diversity?. 7th International Conference on Human Rights Education. editor / Andrea Valdivia ; Andrés Soffia Vega ; Carmen Andrade Lara. ; Eduardo Alejandro Solís Muñoz ; Fernando Atria ; Juan Alejandro Henríquez Peñalillo ; María Daniela Sánchez Stürmer ; Margaret Sarles ; María Emilia Tijoux M. ; Rita Lages ; Roberto Garretón ; Sergio Fuenzalida Bascuñán ; Verónica Edith Gómez Urrutia ; Lucy Mirtha Ketterer Romero. Santiago Chile : Universidad de Chile, 2017. pp. 1-12

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Penovic, T 2017, What's so contentious about promoting acceptance of gender and sexual diversity? in A Valdivia, AS Vega, CA Lara., EAS Muñoz, F Atria, JAH Peñalillo, MDS Stürmer, M Sarles, ME Tijoux M., R Lages, R Garretón, SF Bascuñán, VEG Urrutia & LMK Romero (eds), 7th International Conference on Human Rights Education. Universidad de Chile, Santiago Chile, pp. 1-12, International Conference on Human Rights Education, Santiago, Chile, 12/12/16.

What's so contentious about promoting acceptance of gender and sexual diversity? / Penovic, Tania.
7th International Conference on Human Rights Education. ed. / Andrea Valdivia; Andrés Soffia Vega; Carmen Andrade Lara.; Eduardo Alejandro Solís Muñoz; Fernando Atria; Juan Alejandro Henríquez Peñalillo; María Daniela Sánchez Stürmer; Margaret Sarles; María Emilia Tijoux M.; Rita Lages; Roberto Garretón; Sergio Fuenzalida Bascuñán; Verónica Edith Gómez Urrutia; Lucy Mirtha Ketterer Romero. Santiago Chile: Universidad de Chile, 2017. p. 1-12.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research