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Mis-education of Australian Youth: exposure to LGBTQA+ conversion ideology and practises.
- Source :
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Sex Education . Sep2022, Vol. 22 Issue 5, p595-610. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA+) Australians are vulnerable to religion-based attempts to change or suppress their sexuality and/or gender identity, including conversion ideology messaging in school-based sex education. Conversion bans are currently being debated across the country. This paper reports on a critical survivor-driven study which retrospectively explored Australian LGBTQA+ youth exposure to conversion practices both within and outside of education settings. It privileges the perspectives of self-titled 'survivors' of conversion ideology and practices through the use of a reference group and constructivist grounded theory. Qualitative data were collected 20 from Australian LGBTQA+ conversion ideology and/or practice survivors aged 18 years and over, using focus groups and 35 individual interviews between 2016 and 2020. In conversion-promoting religious contexts including education institutions and groups, messages concerning sexuality and gender changed as individuals grew older and were drawn into more/enclosed settings in which core conversion messages of LGBTQA+ 'brokenness' were prevalent. While individuals progressed through the conversion experience in different ways, their experience was characterised by the absence of any form of affirming LGBTQA+ education – enabling conversion itself to become their LGBTQA+ (mis)information source. School policy addressing conversion, alongside enhanced provision of affirmative age-appropriate gender and sexuality education, may mediate this issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GENDER identity
*QUALITATIVE research
*FOCUS groups
*LGBTQ+ people
*HUMAN sexuality
*SEX distribution
*INTERVIEWING
*PILOT projects
*STATISTICAL sampling
*CONTENT analysis
*CONVERSION therapy
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*SOUND recordings
*RELIGION
*RESEARCH methodology
*GROUNDED theory
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14681811
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Sex Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158962931
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2021.1978964