Because Catholic doctrine about homosexuality is contradictory and fundamentallyhomophobic, some lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer(LGBTQ) teachers find themselves having to deny their sexuality and resort tohiding in a metaphorical Catholic "closet" when teaching in Canadian Catholicschools. Educational researcher Tonya Callaghan employs a multi-methodqualitative framework to uncover how homophobia is institutionalized inthese schools. Callaghan first theorizes the problem and examines pertinentCatholic documents as well as key Canadian legal decisions. Then, using interviewswith six LGBTQ teachers and her own experience as a lesbian teacher,Callaghan retells the teachers' stories in the form of life-narrative vignettes.This varied research design provides much needed insight into a previouslyuntold aspect of Canadian schooling. It offers a valuable perspectivethat may be beneficial to LGBTQ teachers and their colleagues, school administrators,government officials, teachers' unions, and human rights activists.This book also may be of interest to researchers in the fields of education,sociology, law, ethics, sexuality studies, and religion.
That's so Gay!- Homophobia in Canadian Catholic Schools
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Because Catholic doctrine about homosexuality is contradictory and fundamentallyhomophobic, some lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer(LGBTQ) teachers find themselves having to deny their sexuality and resort tohiding in a metaphorical Catholic "closet" when teaching in Canadian Catholicschools. Educational researcher Tonya Callaghan employs a multi-methodqualitative framework to uncover how homophobia is institutionalized inthese schools. Callaghan first theorizes the problem and examines pertinentCatholic documents as well as key Canadian legal decisions. Then, using interviewswith six LGBTQ teachers and her own experience as a lesbian teacher,Callaghan retells the teachers' stories in the form of life-narrative vignettes.This varied research design provides much needed insight into a previouslyuntold aspect of Canadian schooling. It offers a valuable perspectivethat may be beneficial to LGBTQ teachers and their colleagues, school administrators,government officials, teachers' unions, and human rights activists.This book also may be of interest to researchers in the fields of education,sociology, law, ethics, sexuality studies, and religion.
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