Anti Homophobia Essay

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Introduction An improper education on anti-homophobia can put homosexual youth at risk for physical and mental abuse that can lead to health problems. In this paper, I will be looking at anti-homophobia’s role in education. I will be considering how students as well as teachers are educated. Teachers educate students but students can in turn educate other students through peer-groups. Researching anti-homophobia education is important to sociologists because with a more complete knowledge of how that works, we can find the flaws in the system. Sociologists cannot fix a problem until they know what it is. Homophobia’s definition from Exploring Sociology: an irrational fear or hatred of homosexuals that can lead to discrimination, harassment and violence against them. Education about homosexuality (being attracted to members of the same sex) is an essential step to human equality (definition from and affirmation that this is a Sociological subject from: Ravelli, Webber, 2016). I want to answer the question: who has an …show more content…

Teachers need to feel safe about their homosexuality, and all teachers need to feel confident in their ability and skill set to teach about anti-homophobia and why it is important. The article: Why anti‐homophobia education in teacher education? Perspectives from Australian teacher educators, confirms information from before stating that homosexual teachers (and teachers that are perceived as homosexual or queer) often face abuse, and that can impact their teaching ability (Ferfolja, Robinson, 2007). Poor and incomplete education hurts everyone. If a teacher is displaying homophobia towards another teacher or student, there should be immediate measures to stop them. Homophobic teachers should be sent to a workshop run by teachers (for the same benefits of peer groups in high schools), and if they continue to display hate or negatively, they should no longer be a

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