Understanding LGBTIQ parents' transformative potential in educational context. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bartulovic, Marija; Kusevic, Barbara
• Is Part Of: Intercultural education. Volume 31:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 38
• Page End: 53
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: LGBTIQ parenting -- parenting activism -- family-school relations -- transformative education; Ethnic relations -- Periodicals; Social policy -- Periodicals; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 370.11705
• DOI: 10.1080/14675986.2019.1673991
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1467-5986

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper is based on the authors' ongoing research on LGBTIQ parenting in Croatia. The elementary research question of this study is the examination of the transformative potential of LGBTIQ parents' visibility and engagement in school. Using a case study research design, a semi-structured interview with two gay parents was used to gain insight in their understanding of different complexities of non-hegemonic parenting practices, with an emphasis on educational issues. The interviewed parents demonstrated that LGBTIQ families have a transformative potential even if they apply a semi-private strategy of disclosure in a heteronormative social context, while the transition towards a ''proud' strategy necessarily demands support from different social partners, the academy having strong potential to be one of them.