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this is mainly talking about my experience of how queerness is portrayed at schools. all throughout my life i've realized it's actually very rare to see teachers who will acknowledge the lgbtq+ community the same as every other community. it's something i've thought about a lot, the way history classes don't teach you really anything about queer history or culture. I have a feeling it makes up a lot more of history than people will admit, and i don't even know. i just wish that kind of thing was taught more, i wish it wasn't seen as such a taboo thing. it's weird to have a teacher who acknowledges it and i see other people in my class react a certain way and it's sad cuz i forget people are genuinely just like that. it should be as normal as any other conversation i think. it should be talked about just as much as every other marginalized group.
thoughts about public acknowledgment of queerness
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Noah
I think it's incredibly smart to question the history we're being taught. Cause Queer people didn't just start existing, they've always been here in our history. Every part of the world, in every civilization. It's a very Western idea of it being taboo that became widespread due to, ding ding ding, colonialism. Pretty much every hierarchy system or major societal issue can be traced back to colonialism, to be fair. I would suggest that if you want to learn more, the information is out there; sadly, it most likely won't come from your school system, which is a shame. Misconceptions placed on the queer community make it difficult to have topics in schools. I wish love beyond the very narrow labels could be celebrated, because it should be.
I also think as a result of colonialism and those widespread ideas of it being taboo, people have also twisted it to become something political? or some kind of moral debate? i think that also makes it more difficult for it to become a more normalized topic because a lot of schools like mine have that policy where teachers aren't really supposed to talk about their political beliefs or whatever? like i guess to not affect the opinions of students girl i dont know but i also feel like that sentiment makes queer talk more scarce
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★starling★
I do hope that history curriculums add LGBTQ rights. LGBTQ topics can also come up in other areas like science and finance. When it comes to LGBTQ history though, it is hard to cover simply because it WAS taboo in most of recent history. We can talk about romans and their slave boys, but ultimately it's hard to find records of things like this.
sleep deprived prophet
In my country (or the school I went to, at least!) it is more kinda "acknowledged". I remember it being vaguely mentioned in a few classes (of the two last years of high school) and in resume: "Well there is these um... gay people... and um they're sinners but we should leave them be okay". But at least they're saying they deserve some form of "respect". Zero mentions of trans people or even any kind of queer that isn't just gay men but... well. It is something. I know about someone that got a presentation about orientations tho. Kinda closer to useful.
It is also funny how they put it almost like "Well, you MIGHT not know it but... OUT there... there is gay people..." like I know it. All my friends were queer in some way. We're all here, it's not that rare maam.
What I want to say is that... it is not imposible, even if your culture is differently shaped than mine (Venezuelan), we are globally walking together, even if it's very slowly, to a broader visibility.
I was definitely aware other countries were a bit more like... "cautious" of queer people, for lack of a better term. this did just kinda make me think about how privileged i am to be at a school that i know for sure is filled with queer people. I think I've had one teacher so far at my school that actively gives it attention, even if it's not really relevant to the class itself (ASL), so i just appreciate that she takes the time to teach something about it. It's not usually from teachers where I'd hear anything like them being "sinners" and stuff, though im also pretty sure teachers are not supposed to say things like that? which is awesome actually. there's still truth to what i said in my og post, but this definitely did remind me of the fact that manyyyy countries treat it much worse than mine, though im not sure how long that will last (USA)
by coco the dj slayer; ; Report
They really are not supposed to--but catholicism is the most common religion there, being seconded by christianity (not the same thing... for annoying religious people), so even if not all schools are religious, well, it is accepted when teachers openly are and assume everyone else is too. My condolences about the teerible state of your country, but seeing the positive side, your sh1tty president is about to b0mb mine!!! (hopefully) lmao
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sp00k_lucy
give it a few years our history will be taught in schools
brighter days are ahead folks
ur so right i still have hope for sure, i just really wanted to talk about the current state of it and how i feel about it. i feel like everyday there's people who become more ignorant BUT there's people who also become more understanding and open to everything and i hope those are the people who make a difference in the world
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