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Trent Mann is a PhD student and casual academic in the School of Education at Macquarie University. He lectures and tutors in educational psychology and various educational subjects. Trent's research delves into psychology, educational sociology, and community health, employing interdisciplinary approaches and mixed-method research designs. His work focuses on educational policy and the experiences of individuals with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities in public contexts.
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/gender diverse, or queer (LGBTQ+) students, staff and parents can each perceive school as challenging environments. These challenges have typically been explored within three disparate bodies of research, however. Using a school climate lens, this study aimed to explore how LGBTQ+ student (n = 1926), staff (n = 1...
While many studies focus on the challenges LGBTQ+ people face in schools, our research looks at the positive and joyful experiences they can have. We surveyed 706 students, 107 school staff, and 57 parents in Australia between 2021 and 2022. We found that feeling happy and supported at school often comes from having a welcoming social environment,...
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Internationally, research has shown Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/gender diverse, and Queer (LGBTQ+) people experience multifaceted challenges within school contexts. However, there is only a small emergent body of research on how LGBTQ+ community members might also experience positive, joyful, or euphoric experiences in these sa...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) parents’ rights were openly debated around marriage legislation movements. Religious schools can deny their families services. This chapter investigates 208 LGBTQ+ parents’ euphorias in their children’s schools. Under a third of them were euphoric and mostly always or often; gay or lesbian par...
Affirming affective framings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) experiences are needed in education research. Drawing on the 2021 LGBTQ+ You surveys, this chapter explores experiences of euphoria in Australian education institutions among 2407 LGBTQ+ staff, parents, and students participants and how these changed over time. S...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) students were a point of policy contention in recent elections and often portrayed as victims. This chapter investigates 1968 LGBTQ+ students experiences of euphoria. Of over a third who had euphoric experiences, most students experienced euphorias sometimes or often. Young, out, and non-binar...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) education professionals have been portrayed negatively in education research literature and can be fired in religious institutions. This chapter investigates 229 LGBTQ+ professionals’ euphorias in their employing education institutions. Almost half of LGBTQ+ staff were euphoric about their ide...
This book explores the experiences of LGBTQ+ parented families in school communities and provides a voice for this overlooked group who are becoming an increasingly common form of family diversity in school communities. Approaching the topic from a strength-based psychological perspective, the book presents LGBTQ+ parents' suggestions for school im...
LGBT parents are becoming increasingly common in Australian schooling communities. Research has not explored the ability for schooling communities and institutions to reflect the now greater levels of acceptance and the push for inclusive supports for LGBT parents. This research is particularly pertinent as attitudes, beliefs and stereotypes of Aus...
