Title
Learning Lessons from School: Homophobia, Heterosexism, and the Construction of Failure
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1998
Abstract
Gay and lesbian youth drop out of school in disproportionate numbers. In tracing the school experiences of a young lesbian, this manuscript explores how heterosexism and homophobia contribute to the construction of a school “failure.” It makes the point that what is construed as a “private problem,” i.e., one young lesbian dropping out of school, is in reality a socially constructed issue that needs to be addressed on a level beyond that of the individual.
DOI
10.1300/J041v07n04_04
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Herr, Kathryn, "Learning Lessons from School: Homophobia, Heterosexism, and the Construction of Failure" (1998). Department of Educational Foundations Scholarship and Creative Works. 73.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/educ-fdns-facpubs/73
Published Citation
Herr, K. (2013). Learning lessons from school: Homophobia, heterosexism, and the construction of failure. In School experiences of gay and lesbian youth: The invisible minority (pp. 51-64). Routledge.