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

AM: {yeah
H: …you can’t like sort of punish someone for being ignorant and then not allow them to
learn.
AM: {yeah
D: That’s why I’ve kind of come as well sort of like seeing a few peoples opinions and
what its like.
H: Cos if you say oh I hate straight people they’re all the same it’s like basically the
same.
AM: Do you all feel like that it’s quite important and like speaking to Daniel and
assuming that everybody else here is gay in the room, I dunno I don’t know everybody,
for us as gay people to say like lets be inclusive to everybody lets not say gays or
straights over there.
H: Cos we are like fighting for equality, we can’t go out there sort of generalising…
D: {excluding
V: {If you are fighting for equality shouldn’t you like [//] you should…
T: {Accept all people
V: Exactly, it’s a bit like stereo [//] not like stereotypical but it’s like oh yeah we wanna
be accepted for being who we are but we don’t want you here because you’re not who we
are, that’s not fighting for equality.
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U: That just doing what the opposite side do.
V: Exactly.
AM: So no-body here is straight-phobic then…
V: {No
AM: …or at least admit being straight phobic?!
V: I can be at times, no I can be at times, you know if someone giving me crap.
AM: Yeah.
T: I’m just a bitch and I admit it!