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Non-Normative Gender and Sexual Identities in Schools: - Schools Out

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Prompts<br />

Bully<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Were you bullied, if so <strong>in</strong> what ways, when <strong>and</strong> by who?<br />

Did you report it?<br />

If not, why not?<br />

If so, what were the outcomes?<br />

<strong>Non</strong>-report<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>ked to staff be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the bully<strong>in</strong>g?<br />

Any experiences of be<strong>in</strong>g told they are the ones <strong>in</strong> the wrong for<br />

be<strong>in</strong>g LGBT? Instances of report<strong>in</strong>g mak<strong>in</strong>g it worse?<br />

Teachers:<br />

In general were your teachers <strong>and</strong>/or other staff helpful if you<br />

experienced problems due to your actual or perceived gender <strong>and</strong>/or<br />

sexual orientation?<br />

What was their attitude towards you like? Differences between<br />

teachers with different attitude, e.g. their identities?<br />

2. Were there elements of your learn<strong>in</strong>g experience that made you feel<br />

uncomfortable due to their heterosexual focus?<br />

Prompts<br />

General School Environment:<br />

How did the environment of your school make you feel?<br />

Was your school proactive <strong>in</strong> equality <strong>and</strong> diversity for gender <strong>and</strong>/or<br />

sexual m<strong>in</strong>ority students?<br />

Did they have an anti-homophobic bully<strong>in</strong>g policy <strong>and</strong>/or did PSHE<br />

lessons <strong>in</strong>clude <strong>in</strong>formation about same-sex relationships as well as<br />

opposite-sex ones?<br />

Did you feel that the overall curriculum <strong>and</strong> general school culture<br />

was <strong>in</strong>clusive of all identities, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dividuals with ‘nonnormative’<br />

sexual <strong>and</strong>/or gender identifications?<br />

Were any subjects particularly discrim<strong>in</strong>atory or <strong>in</strong>clusive?

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