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"Well We Haven't Noticed Anything Bad Going On," Said the Principal: Parents Speak about Their Gay Families and Schools.

Kozik-Rosabal, Genet

Abstract: Schools have a vested interest in involving parents in their children's education. Notes the attitudes of schools toward homosexual parents and students, which keep parents from participating and make parents fear for their children's safety. Parents (gay and straight) discuss their children (gay and straight), describing how all of their lives are affected by the typical school composition. (SM)

Title: "Well We Haven't Noticed Anything Bad Going On," Said the Principal: Parents Speak about Their Gay Families and Schools.
Author: Kozik-Rosabal, Genet
Journal Citation: Education and Urban Society, v32 n3 p368-89 May 2000
ISSN: ISSN-0013-1245
Publication Year: 2000
Document Type: Journal Article (080); Project Description (141)
Target Audience: Practitioners and Teachers
ERIC Identifier: EJ607491
Clearinghouse Identifier: UD522277
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Descriptors: Educational Environment; Elementary Secondary Education; * Homosexuality; * Parent Participation; * Parents; School Safety; * Sexual Identity

Identifiers: *Heterosexism; *Homosexual Parents


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