It defines a person feeling in relation to its sexual and love attraction in relation to others. As an example, a gay man has the homosexuality as its sexual orientation. People do not learn how to have it, but they born like that.
Published in Chapter:
Intersectional Dialogue While Combating LGBT-Phobia in Schools
Yago Vieira de Oliveira Almeida (Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4072-5.ch002
Abstract
The presence of culture of violence in the school environment, manifested from the language, physical, and social spheres is widely recognized by organizations, which has among its goals encouraging quality education to all, especially to young people. Therefore, LGBT bullying has gained a growing awareness by civil society, especially with regard to its negative outcomes to the formation of youth, forming a psychological and social legacy that has serious consequences for the establishment of a society ruled by the sustainable development principles. In this way, this chapter aims to discuss possible mechanisms to combat LGBT-phobia, especially based on bullying, in order to create a culture of peace in schools. Criticizing, investigating, discussing, and relativizing are crucial alternative methods in order to build a healthy school environment and potentially transformative.