scholarly journals Reducing Homophobia Within The College Community

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Iconis
Keyword(s):  
College Campuses ◽  
Gay Students ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
College Community

Research over the last two decades reveals widespread anti-gay prejudice on many college campuses. Faculty can improve the climate for lesbian and gay students in our classes and on our campuses in a number of ways.

Victim Motivations for Disclosing Unwanted Sexual Experiences and Partner Abuse

Affilia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Demers ◽  
Alexa P. Roberts ◽  
Sidney Bennett ◽  
Victoria L. Banyard
Keyword(s):  
Partner Abuse ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Informal Support ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Unwanted Sexual Experiences ◽  
College Community ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

Sexual assault and partner abuse are major problems on college campuses. While the majority of victims will tell a friend or other informal support about their experience, formal disclosures to authorities are still infrequent. Past research has examined barriers to choosing to disclose; however, little research has explored victims’ motivational goals behind their decision to disclose to various people. In the present study, 13 semistructured interviews were conducted with survivors of partner abuse and/or sexual violence at northeastern universities in the United States and the resulting data were content coded for motivations associated with disclosing. Four major themes emerged: (1) improving emotional or psychological well-being; (2) fulfilling perceived social obligations or responsibilities; (3) seeking information or assessment; and (4) seeking action in the form of advocacy, accommodations, or criminal prosecution. Results from this study suggest that there is not a “one-size-fits-all” model for responding to informal and formal reports of victimization on campuses. Implications of these results for designing survivor-centered college community responses will be discussed.

School counsellors' responses to homosexuality and to lesbian and gay students

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42
Author(s):  
Adriana Fallone ◽  
Daphne Hewson
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Inservice Training ◽  
Curriculum Material ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Supportive Services ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
Gay Students ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
School Counsellors ◽  
High Range

NSW School Counsellors were surveyed regarding their attitudes towards homosexuality and their experience and willingness to work with gay and lesbian students. Most counsellors showed low to moderate homonegativism, but 16.6% scored in the high range. Less knowledge, experience, and past training on homosexuality issues were significantly related to homonegativism, as was unwillingness to participate in future activities and workshops dealing with lesbian and gay students' issues. Many counsellors had a poor knowledge of existing support services. Counsellors who were willing to provide supportive services for gay and lesbian students expressed a need for resources, information kits and curriculum material, inservice training, executive support and a positive Departmental policy.

Race and Sexual Orientation: The (Im)possibility of These Intersections in Educational Policy

1996 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Snider
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Youth Of Color ◽  
Educational Structure ◽  
Gay Youth ◽  
Gay Students ◽  
Lesbian And Gay

In this article, Kathryn Snider critiques the Toronto Board of Education's Triangle Program, a program designed for lesbian and gay youth who are at risk of dropping out of high school. She questions whether this program, which provides support for students coping with issues of sexual identity, can really work for lesbian and gay youth of color unless it also includes strategies that acknowledge how issues of sexual orientation interact with issues of racial identity. She locates this critique within the larger context of the Board's approach to multiculturalism and diversity in the schools. Rather than implementing a program that further marginalizes and isolates lesbian and gay students by removing them from mainstream education, Snider suggests, schools must make fundamental changes that work to eliminate racism and homophobia within the dominant educational structure.

Origin and Evolution of the UCLA AstroBiology Society

2004 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 559-562
Author(s):  
Laurel Methot ◽  
Jason Finley
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Origin Of Life ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Public Outreach ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
College Community ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Education And Public Outreach

Co-sponsored by the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) at UCLA, and the Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life (CSEOL), the UCLA AstroBiology Society (ABS) was founded in 1999 to become the first student-run organization devoted to astrobiology. An interdisciplinary group, ABS unifies undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty of all fields through events and discussions centered around the diversity of themes that compose astrobiology science. ABS provides particular benefit to NAI's Education and Public Outreach efforts as a means of increasing awareness of and appreciation for astrobiology, particularly in the college community. A greater goal of the organization involves networking to seed AstroBiology Societies on other college campuses nation-wide. Additionally, ABS is currently doing research for NAI's Astrobiology Pathfinder program, which will help students at all stages to become Astrobiologists.

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