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

U: {yeah}
T: Cos I had an argument with my teachers though cos they were like they’re right
though they said you should be in the lads changing room, I went but…
V: {but I’m Feemale!}
T: …yeah, I I I were like….
{inaudible}
T: …God just because I’m gay doesn’t mean I have the equipment down there for the
other sex, which is quite sad…
{laughter}
T: …yeah actually, I just sprouted one magically when I decided I was gay!
(laughter)
B: Have you got penis envy?!
(laughter)
AM: I think we’ll move on from this…
V: {yeah}
AM: …we’ve talked mainly so far about quite direct obvious bullying I also wonder
whether any of you found elements of what we call the ‘learning experience’ which is
like everything that happens at school which made you feel uncomfortable due to the
kind of heterosexual focus, um yeah go on.
V: Sex education, seriously! It was crap…
U: {yep, yep}
T: {…don’t do it!}
V: …it was, it was all it was all um, in fact I got sent into the inclusion room for a week
because of asking a question.
AM: Right.
V: Everything was male-female sex ed and I was like [//] I was, I was, my Dads a vicar so
like I I I never knew what lesbianism was…
{laughter}