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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"LGBT students"”.
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Growing Up Gay and Latino
<p>This dissertation examines the experiences of LGBT students attending high school in a predominantly Latino area to determine if their experiences are different in a Latino-inflected environment than those of students in a predominantly Anglo environment. Although the experiences of LGBT …
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Silent Readers, Silenced Readers: LGBT Student Perceptions of LGBT Representation in Composition Readers
"Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT) representation in composition readers remains limited and is frequently nonexistent (Hudson 2003). Thus, a significant minority of our composition students find themselves with little or no representation in so-called inclusive readers. In this dissertation, …
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Student Perceptions of Hate Crimes Against LGBT Persons: A Victimological Inquiry
Hate crimes against LGBT people are a serious human rights issue worldwide. They have profound effects on the mental, social, and academic well-being of victims. In South Africa, even with a progressive constitution that protects sexual orientation and gender identity, violence, discrimination, and …
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Parental and peer support in the LGBT community
… by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students are putting pressure on parents, teachers, and school psychologists to find potential solutions. The purpose of this study is to examine variables that have the potential to decrease levels of depression and bullying victimization …
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Sexuality demographics and the college admissions process: Implications of asking applicants to reveal their sexual orientation
… and colleges are considering if potential students should disclose their sexual orientation when filling out an application for admission. This recent trend, however, has generated a debate among administrators who work directly with LGBT students: What, they wonder, are the various …
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Being LGBT in a Catholic School: Understanding Students' Lived Experience to Influence School Leadership Practice
… was to describe the in-school experiences of LGBT students at Catholic high schools. The aim of the study was to create a framework to develop in-school interventions for LGBTQ+ students in a small independent Catholic high school. Using a phenomenological approach, the study examined the …
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A Study of Effective Strategies, Programs, and Policies for School Leaders in Protecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth from Peer Victimization
… protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth from peer victimization and identified effective strategies, programs, and policies that school leaders can implement in their schools to reduce the level of peer victimization experienced by LGBT youth. Students who identify as LGBT are …
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Free to Be: One Charter School's Approach to Supporting Gender and Sexual Minority Students
… and a half years of ethnographic data from an “LGBT” charter school. It explores how gender and sexuality appear within educational spaces and how providing students an anti-heteronormative inclusive education impacts a student’s sense of self. I show how critical pedagogy is deployed as an …