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In/visibility on campus? Gender and sexuality diversity in tertiary institutions
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Ferfolja, T and Asquith, N and Hanckel, B and Brady, B, In/visibility on campus? Gender and sexuality diversity in tertiary institutions, Higher Education ISSN 0018-1560 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1007/s10734-020-00526-1
Abstract
This paper draws on the largest and most comprehensive Australian research to date that
explores the campus climate for sexuality and gender diverse (SGD) people at one university.
Using a mixed-method approach that incorporated an online survey open to all students and
staff (n = 2395), face-to-face in-depth interviews with key stakeholders (n = 16) and an online
document analysis, the study explored participants’ perceptions and attitudes to sexuality and
gender diversity on campus, experiences of in/exclusion, (un)safe places, visibility in public
online documents, and the campus-based services available to support SGD individuals. The
findings point to the ongoing exclusion experienced by SGD people across the university. We
show how exclusion serves to silence individuals across multiple levels and how this, in turn,
limits the visibility of, and redress for, exclusion, impacting on health and well-being. This
tension, we posit, can only be addressed safely and holistically through proactive and strategic
endeavours on the part of the institution; without which, exclusion will continue to prevail.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | sexuality, gender, heterosexism, fear of crime, university, discrimination, LGBT+, Australia |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Higher education |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Community services |
Objective Field: | Gender and sexualities |
UTAS Author: | Asquith, N (Professor Nicole Asquith) |
ID Code: | 140840 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 8 |
Deposited By: | Policing and Emergency Management |
Deposited On: | 2020-09-11 |
Last Modified: | 2020-10-19 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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