Queering Procreative Privilege

Goss, Robert

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“…While talk of family may appear to be at odds with queer critiques of hetero-patriarchal life, Valentine (2008) and others stress how family -defined in the broadest sense -remains a form of relationship that most people strive for and are attached to. Indeed, as Goss (1997)…”

Section: February 2012mentioning

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Permissible progress: Sexual(ities that) progress in and beyond English primary schools

Hall

2020

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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This paper examines what is permissible sexual progress in English primary schools by exploring the possibilities – but also the limitations – of the introduction of familial sexualities. In recent years, Stonewall (a prominent and politically mainstream Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans charity) have increasingly utilised ‘the family’ as a ‘child-friendly’ topic to encourage primary educators to broach same-sex relationships by incorporating their ‘inclusive’ range of Different Families resources into lessons. This strategic manoeuvre emerges in a socio-political and spatiotemporal context dominated by neoliberal sexual politics and follows ‘moral panics’ surrounding queer progressive politics inspired initiatives, most notably No Outsiders (2006–2009) which previously unsettled institutionalised discourses of ‘childhood (sexual) innocence’ in pursuing radical, but arguably necessary approaches for disrupting and undoing heteronormativity. In spite of this, Stonewall’s Different Families, Same Love initiative is now the dominant approach for introducing lesbian and gay sexualities in English primary schools; yet, little is known about how primary-aged children respond to this intervention. Focusing on a leading exponent of Stonewall’s initiative, I explore 4–9 year olds dis/engagements with gay and lesbian sexualities when introduced in a familial context. Reflecting on mixed ethnographic and focus group data, I question not only which gay and lesbian sexualities ‘progress’ in contemporary English primary schools, but also how well. To this end, recommendations are made for improving families’ curricula without losing sight of the limits of this approach.

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Permissible progress: Sexual(ities that) progress in and beyond English primary schools

Hall

2020

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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“…12 "Families of choice" is a recent official term used to describe queer family configurations in academic circles (Lehr, 1999;Goss, 1997;Berstein & Reimann, 2001).…”

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Queer kinships : a quandary of love without borders

Sairan¹

2021

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What makes a family? Diverse family configuration can take on a variety of unconventional forms; however government definitions decide who are fit for the privilege of recognition within legislative acts. Policy protects individuals and families who are established within the margins of political governance while others are excluded. For example, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/sexual and queer individuals and families rarely profit from their sporadic mention in Canada's legislation and experience a lack of visibility within early childhood education care settings. Furthermore, individuals who do not willfully pledge allegiance with the dominant culture's value system and create kinship outside the boundaries of heteronormative logic remain marginalized. The central question in this context begs for a theoretical argument as to why power is constructed and maintained as it is. Family identity discourse from a queer perspective could reform attitudes and policies where one form of family does not dominate over another.

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Kinship as Sexuality Education

DesRochers

2024

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education

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Queering Procreative Privilege

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Permissible progress: Sexual(ities that) progress in and beyond English primary schools

Permissible progress: Sexual(ities that) progress in and beyond English primary schools

Queer kinships : a quandary of love without borders

Kinship as Sexuality Education

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