Exploring the Source of Transphobia
Challenges and Strategies for Transgender Students in Australian Secondary School
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.100How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- LGBTIAQ+; Gender identity; Gender diverse; Transgender students; Educational leaders; Sexual Discrimination; Heterosexual structure; Social justice
- Abstract
Though growing public awareness of human rights and social justice has boosted discussion about transgender students on social media, topic of gender identity, in most countries, is still considered sensitive or even taboo. This requires more spotlight to be directed on the basic rights and physical and mental wellbeing of transgender and gender diverse students, which poses challenges to educational leaders. Addressing on Australian secondary schools, this article discusses about controversial issues on gender identity, the source of transphobia, and challenges transgender students may face. It further provides empirical solutions based on real case ‘Bendigo Senior Secondary College’ to educational leaders.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Shiyang Zhu PY - 2022 DA - 2022/01/28 TI - Exploring the Source of Transphobia BT - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 523 EP - 527 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.100 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.100 ID - Zhu2022 ER -