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.

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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  -