Heterosexism: A pedagogy of homophobic oppression
Abstract
This chapter is written in a tenuous present for sexually and gender diverse Australians. Steps toward equality have been achieved through battles fought by previous generations, resulting in the current fragile rights and freedoms which gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people have in this country. While progress has undoubtedly been made protecting the rights of LGBTIQ people in Australia, and although this progress "may have made institutionalised heterosexuality porous ... it is still subjected to the minoritizing forces that excluded it in the first place" (Weeks, 2007: 32). Any questioning of the heteronormative status quo, however, has not gone unnoticed by those who seek to maintain the status quo.
RAS ID
23941
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of Publication
2017
Location of the Work
Berlin, Germany
School
School of Education
Copyright
subscription content
Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Comments
Rhodes, D. (2017). Heterosexism: A pedagogy of homophobic oppression. In D. J. Rivers & K. Zotzmann (Eds.), Isms in language education: Oppression, intersectionality and emancipation (pp. 230-248). De Gruyter Mouton. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781501503085-012/html