They tried to silence me, but I resisted:

LGBTQIA+ students in the sights of heterosexuality pedagogy in their educational path

Authors

  • Victor Hugo Barbosa da Silva Oliveira Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Patrícia Formiga Maciel Alves Universidade de Pernambuco
  • Deliane Macedo Farias de Sousa Universidade de Pernambuco

Abstract

This paper aimed to analyze power relations in school and marginalization of LGBTQIA+ community. Based on some author’s ideas, like Foucalt (1987) and Louro (2019), we assume that school acts as a heteronormative space, which intend to discipline bodies to behave based on heterosexuality pedagogy that follows heteronormative patterns. Methodolog¬ically, it is qualitative research with data collection through online questionnaires. Results pointed that school territory is still being heterosexist, marginalizing, downgrading, putting on surveillance everyone who escapes and subverts norms. Besides, data also put in evidence that there is a gap that needs to be filled, referring to the absence of gender and sexual diversity discussion both in subjects and in teacher training.

KEYWORDS: Territory. Power. Sexual diversity. Education.

Image: LGBTQIA+ pride flag. Source: https://www.mdsaude.com/psiquiatria/identidade-genero-lgbtqia/

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Author Biographies

Victor Hugo Barbosa da Silva Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Master's degree student in Contemporary Education, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Patrícia Formiga Maciel Alves, Universidade de Pernambuco

Doctor in Sociology, Universidade de Pernambuco

Deliane Macedo Farias de Sousa, Universidade de Pernambuco

Doctor in Social Psychology, Universidade de Pernambuco

LGBTQIA+ pride flag. Source: https://www.mdsaude.com/psiquiatria/identidade-genero-lgbtqia/

Published

2023-09-26