Gender and Sexuality in Education and Health

Jacqueline Ullman is Senior Lecturer in Adolescent Development, Behaviour and Wellbeing at Western Sydney University, Australia. Her primary research focus is the schooling experiences of sexuality and gender diverse students and LGBTQI-inclusivity across primary and secondary classrooms. She is co-editor of the Journal of LGBT Youth.　She is also the editor of Understanding Sociological Theory for Educational Practices (with Ferfolja and Jones Diaz, 2015). Tania Ferfolja is Associate Professor in Social and Cultural Diversity at Western Sydney University, Australia. Her research focuses on sexuality and gender diverse subjectivities in education. She is the editor of Understanding Sociological Theory for Educational Practices (with Ullman and Diaz, 2015), author of Crossing Borders: African Refugees, Teachers and Schools (2010) and co-editor of From Here to Diversity: The Social Impact of Lesbian and Gay Issues in Education in Australia and New Zealand (with Robinson, 2002).

Introduction: Gender and sexuality in education and health: voices advocating for equity and social justice 1. Dogma before diversity: the contradictory rhetoric of controversy and diversity in the politicisation of Australian queer-affirming learning materials 2.‘Is it like one of those infectious kind of things?’ The importance of educating young people about HPV and HPV vaccination at school 3.Teacher positivity towards gender diversity: exploring relationships and school outcomes for transgender and gender-diverse students 4.That’s so homophobic? Australian young people’s perspectives on homophobic language use in secondary schools 5. Knowing, performing and holding queerness: LGBTIQ+ student experiences in Australian tertiary education 6. ‘That happened to me too’: young people’s informal knowledge of diverse genders and sexualities 7. Responsibilities, tensions and ways forward: parents’ perspectives on children’s sexuality education 8. Gender and sexuality diversity and schooling: progressive mothers speak out 9. Young people, sexuality and diversity. What does a needs-led and rights-based approach look like?