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Saturday, September 22
Welcome to the Blog!
by
Schools Out Web Manager
on Sat 22 Sep 2007 12:17 PM BST
Would you like to get in on our online community? Then read on! Here on our web blog 'forum' you can take part in discussions, post your comments and have a chat on whatever topics matter to you. The aim of the blog is for it to be in three sections and these are:
The Main Page Area: This area is for everyone that uses the Schools OUT website including general users, Schools OUT Subscribers and members of the Schools OUT Committee. Here you can catch up on live information, ask advice or share experiences with the rest of the world.
The Subscribers Area: This area is restricted to Subscribers of Schools OUT and Committee Members. Here you can chat to other Subscribers or members of the Committee about events, issues or anything that you as a Subscriber want to share. Even social gatherings can be organised through here!
The Committee Area: This area is restricted to the Committee of Schools OUT
You can sign up to be an online member using the Create an Account link at the bottom of the left hand column. Then you will create your username and password. An email will be sent to you and you will need to click the link within the email to activate your account and then you can Log In and post articles using the Post New Entry link at the top of the right hand column. Most articles have the option to reply to them by clicking on the Post A Comment link or the Reply link underneath the articles or commments. The most recent articles and comments are at the top of their respective columns on the right hand side and are all clickable links to the item.
If you are a Schools OUT Subscriber and have not received an invitational email, please email the Blog Administrator, Huw, after you have created your Reader Account at huw@schools-out.org.uk and we will grant relevent access rights to the Subscribers area of the Blog. If you have any problems, or you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Happy blogging
Huw
Schools OUT Web Administrator
Tuesday, June 23
important news
by
sue sanders
on Tue 23 Jun 2009 08:05 AM BST
In this issue:
Editorial 1
Pride London 2009 1... more »
Thursday, June 18
Schools Out call for Pride paraders - news release, 17 Jun 09
by
Nigel Tart
on Thu 18 Jun 2009 07:20 PM BST
Schools Out call for Pride paraders
Schools Out today called on LGBT education workers and supporters of equality in education to march together at London Pride, on Saturday 4 July. Organiser Milena Gravenhorst has set up a Facebook group, ‘Schools Out at London Pride 2009’, to bring people together.
Milena explained:
‘We all know many LGBT teachers, but very few who are out at school, especially to their pupils. LGBT young people deserve to see role models at school.
‘I’m always disappointed I can’t march with fellow teachers at London Pride. The police and the armed forces have a prominent presence now – so why don’t we?
LGBT teachers have been making a difference to many students´ lives for decades but this fact is neither acknowledged nor celebrated. In fact, in the public eye, LGBT teachers still don’t seem to exist!
‘We also want supporters – of every orientation and gender – to join us andshow how many people care about the next generation. ’
More and more education workers and students are coming out at school, but the majority still don’t feel safe enough. Schools should be fighting negative stereotypes by including LGBT people, culture and history as naturally as they mention race and gender.
Schools have a legal duty1 to prevent homophobic and transphobic bullying. This can only be implemented effectively if LGBT teachers and other education staff themselves feel able to be fully out to pupils, staff and parents.
Research has shown that ‘meaningful personal contact’ with an LGB person cuts homophobia by half.2
Milena continued:
‘The dark ages of Section 28 are gone, but its legacy lives on in the silence around LGBT issues.’
1) Under the Education and Inspections Act 2006, Head Teachers must identify and implement measures to prevent all forms of bullying, including homophobic bullying.
2) Stonewall’s report, Profiles of Prejudice (2003) – http://www.stonewall.org.uk/documents/profiles.doc
Monday, June 15
exciting youth project drill hall
by
sue sanders
on Mon 15 Jun 2009 05:46 PM BST
The Drill Hall Youth Theatre
This one-week summer youth theatre is a brand-new special youth theatre for kids with LGBT familes.
Over the ... more »
LGBT Youth Podcasting tour to visit five English cities this summer
by
sue sanders
on Mon 15 Jun 2009 05:36 PM BST
15/06/09: LGBT Youth Podcasting tour to visit five English cities this summer
The QueerPod Tour, a volunteering project funded ... more »
Thursday, June 11
conference on feminism
by
sue sanders
on Thu 11 Jun 2009 09:14 AM BST
Transnational Feminisms Conference - Call for Contributions
Transnational Feminisms Conference
University of Manchester
4-5 December 2009 (with associated activities on 6 December)
Drawing on the impact of postcolonial feminism and its enactments, this conference will examine how women are affected by political systems in a global climate, how feminism translates and moves across borders, and how feminism can be utilised as a methodology for understanding the transnational context.
Here the transnational is understood to be a complication of notions of the 'elsewhere', highlighting the challenges of fluidity, movement and instability whilst also paying close attention to locatedness.
This is a feminism that is engaged with the woman-as-subject without making universalising claims regarding women's experience; it both considers how gender operates and critiques categorisation.
The purpose of this conference is to explore the vitality of feminist interdisciplinarity as it pertains to the transnational, providing space for these debates to come together, creating an interrogation of transnational feminist theory and practice from academic, activist and artistic standpoints.
The conference will also engage with ideas of transnational feminism through workshops, exhibitions and a history walk. We welcome contributions from academics, postgraduates, activists and artists.
Keynote Speakers:
* Doctor Anne-Marie Fortier (University of Lancaster)
* Professor Gabriele Griffin (University of York)
* TBA
Contributions may take the form of papers, workshops, exhibitions or reading group style discussions, amongst others. Paper presentations will consist of panels of 3 x 20 minute papers.
Topics might include:
* Global markets of cultural production
* Religion and the nation state
* Belonging and home
* Feminism and neo-colonialism
* Diaspora and migration
* The international as the popular
* Historical moments of transnational feminism
* The struggle for, and violence of, borders
* Postcolonial/queer intersections
* Feminism and gender in a wider global political debate
* Sites and voices of privilege
* Historicisation and genealogies
* Alliances
* Cultural and textual translations
* Memorialisation
* Feminist anti-racism
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words and a short biography by Friday August 28th to transfem09@yahoo.co.uk
Conference website
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/sage/transnationalfeminisms/ (this doesn't seem to be working)
All enquiries to transfem09@yahoo.co.uk
Monday, May 18
False abuse allegations to be wiped from workers' records
by
Nigel Tart
on Mon 18 May 2009 04:00 PM BST
Teachers and youth workers who have been cleared of alleged abuse against children will be able to wipe the claims from their records, the government has said. more »
Saturday, May 16
Education International's IDAHO Statement
by
Tim
on Sat 16 May 2009 07:45 PM BST
EI endorses UN statement on sexual orientation and gender identity
EI issued a statement on the occasion of the International ... more »
Monday, May 4
Visiting Fellowships (masculinity and heteronormativity) at Sussex Uni, Jul 09
by
Nigel Tart
on Mon 04 May 2009 12:02 PM BST
Please forward to any academic networks you know (especially non-OECD countries if they want bursaries).
Nigel
The Participation, Power and Social Change Team at the Institute of Development Studies, UK, will host six Visiting Fellows (VF) during July 2009, as part of a programme of work on Participation and Development Relations (PDR), funded by the Swedish International Development Agenda (Sida) and Swiss Development Co-operation (SDC). The VFs will spend two to four weeks during July in IDS writing up a piece of work that addresses the PDR programme’s core themes of power and social change, with a particular focus on questions of masculinity and heteronormativity. These may be published as IDS Working Papers, or as contributions to ongoing collective publications. Exchanges will also be organised between the VFs and with IDS, including lunchtime seminars.
In order to apply you must:
· Have something to say on one or more of the above issues. We are hoping to give people engaged in exciting activism or progressive work an opportunity to write up a story which they would not otherwise have time or space to document. You could write about a struggle, a project, your recent research, your own life. This may be a piece you are already working on and need time to finish or develop for publication. Please look at the Working Papers, IDS Bulletins, and news items listed on the IDS Sexuality webpage to give you an idea of our usual range of formats and themes (http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/sexualityanddevelopment). However, please do feel free to propose something new and different which goes beyond the limits of our own imaginations!
· Be a resident or national of a non-OECD country in order to qualify for the bursary. We welcome OECD applicants who are able to support themselves and can assist you in finding somewhere reasonably cheap to stay for the residency.
· Be able to write well in English
· Be available to be in IDS for at least two weeks during July 2009
Application Deadline: May 22,2009
Application Process: Please submit
· a one to two page proposal on the piece you would like to write OR a draft piece of work you would like to develop INCLUDING AN ABSTRACT of no less than 300 words
· a short CV & 3-4 line biography describing yourself and the work you do
· a sample of something you have written previously (need not be published)
· details of when you would be available to come to IDS during July
· details of any funding you/your organisation can contribute eg. could you cover travel costs to reach the UK? Would you need full funding for travel and board?
A selection panel will review the applications and let all candidates know the outcome by the end of May 2009.
Please email your applications and queries about logistics to Stephen Wood at s.wood@ids.ac.uk and email Andrea Cornwall (a.cornwall@ids.ac.uk) with any other questions about the VF scheme.
Monday, March 30
EU-funded training course in Berlin!
by
Nigel Tart
on Mon 30 Mar 2009 11:39 PM BST
European Training course for Teachers and Trainers in Berlin – LLP grant
available!
Dear colleagues,
KomBi offers a training course on Homophobia and Diversity of Genders
addressed to persons working in the educational sector (teachers at
school or trainers in adult education). Comenius or Grundtvig grants are
available for applicants from EU member states (except Germany), Turkey,
Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.
All relevant informations can be found in this e-mail and also here:
http://www.kombi-berlin.de/01-start-european-sep.html
Please forward this announcement in your networks to those who might be
interested. Thank you!
Stephanie Nordt and Thomas Kugler
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*Apply for an In-Service Training grant funded by the European
Commission’s new Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) and attend an
interesting training course in Berlin*
The Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) is a European funding programme
which supports education and training across Europe. If you work in the
educational sector (as a teacher at school or as trainer in adult
education) you can apply for an In-Service Training grant of up to 1500
Euro for a 5 day training course.
We offer the following training course:
*Strategies and Practical Tools Challenging Homophobia and Acknowledging
Diversity of Genders in formal and non-formal Education for Teachers and
Trainers*
* *
Date: September 20 th – 25 th 2009
Place: Berlin (Germany)
Eligible for grants: Educators from school or adult education living in
EU member states (except Germany), Turkey, Iceland, Norway or Liechtenstein.
The main objective of this course is an increased awareness of
perspectives of inclusion in educational settings with the focus on
gender stereotypes in a binary gender system, heteronormativity and
homophobia.
The course uses a variety of methodologies focusing on interactive and
cooperative learning activities. There will be a mix of workshop-based
working and lectures or presentations with discussions. Most of the
sessions will be workshop-based involving awareness raising activities,
individual reflection, pair work, small group activities, peer teaching
sessions, simulations, role playing, discussions and practical training
practises. Video clips are used to illustrate and deepen aspects of
gender competence and diversity competence. During excursions and field
work gender stereotypes in the public space are examined.
This course has been accredited and it is listed in the
Comenius-Grundtvig Training Database, reference number
"DE-2009-901-001". Find more information about the training course in
the European database of accredited training courses here:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/llp/istcoursedatabase/index.cfm?fuseaction=DisplayCourse&cid=11388
<https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/llp/istcoursedatabase/index.cfm?fuseaction=DisplayCourse&cid=11388>
If you are interested in participating in this course and want to apply
for a Comenius- or Grundtvig grant for the course, please consult the
documents at
http://www.kombi-berlin.de/01-start-european-sep.html
There you will find more information about the application procedure and
a pre-registration form.
You can apply for an In-Service Training Grant for this course to your
National Agency until April 30 th 2009.
Kind regards,
Thomas Kugler and Stephanie Nordt
Training Team
KomBi – Communication and Education, Berlin, Germany
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KomBi - Kommunikation und Bildung
Berliner Bildungseinrichtung zu Diversity, Gender und Sexueller Identität
Kluckstraße 11
D - 10785 Berlin
Tel.: + 49 - (0)30 - 215 37 42
Fax: + 49 - (0)30 - 26 55 66 34
info@kombi-berlin.de
www.kombi-berlin.de
Friday, March 27
Brief Encounters - LGBTQ Performance and Workshop
by
Gendered Intelligence
on Fri 27 Mar 2009 11:58 AM GMT
Brief Encounters isa thought-provoking, educative piece of drama about the lives of a group of young lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, ... more »
Thursday, March 26
Every LGBT Youth Matters Conference
by
Nigel Tart
on Thu 26 Mar 2009 11:43 PM GMT
Every LGBT Youth Matters Conference
Friday 24th April 2009
9.45am - 6.00pm
Free to attend
Unison Headquarters
1 Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9AJ
BOOK HERE
Our conference will explore:
- the new rights and protections for LGBT children and young people
- how voluntary and statutory sector agencies can develop their services in the context of upcoming and newly introduced legislative changes
You will have the opportunity to find out more about best practice, develop your knowledge base, and build partnerships with organisations at a local and regional level. You'll benefit from participating if you work within the public, statutory or voluntary sectors.
Speakers
Rt. Hon. Maria Eagle MP
Parliamentary Secretary for the Government Equalities Office
Parliamentary Under-secretary for the Ministry of Justice
Plus representatives from:
- Equality and Human Rights Commision (EHRC)
- Department of Children, Schools and Families (DCFS)
- Partnership for Young London
- Trade Unions
- LGBT Equalities Initiatives in Local Government Research
Workshops
- Developing an LGBT Youth Inclusion Standard
- Combatting LGBT Youth Homelessness
- Homophobic / Trans-phobic Bullying
- Make a Difference! Active Youth Citizens
- Identifying and Supporting LBT Women's Needs
- Affecting Your Local Children & Young People’s Plan
- Pan-London LGBT Youth Council
- The Needs of LGBT, Black and Other Minority-Ethnic People
- LGBT Children’s Human Rights
If you have questions or comments about the conference,
email eym@lgbtconsortium.org.uk
or call 020 7064 8383
Send in a question for our panels
If you are unable to attend, but have questions you'd like to raise at our panel discussions, you can send them in and we'll ask them for you.
SUBMIT A QUESTION
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