Mis-Education of Australian Youth: Exposure to LGBTQA+ Conversion Ideology and Practises

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  • Author(s): Jones, Tiffany (ORCID Jones, Tiffany (ORCID 0000-0003-2930-7017); Jones, Timothy W. (ORCID Jones, Timothy W. (ORCID 0000-0001-8930-7364); Power, Jennifer (ORCID Power, Jennifer (ORCID 0000-0002-6566-3214); Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria (ORCID Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria (ORCID 0000-0003-3601-4642); Despott, Nathan
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning. 2022 22(5):595-610.
  • Publication Date:
    2022
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      16
    • Subject Terms:
      Foreign Countries; LGBTQ People; Misconceptions; Social Bias; Ideology; Sex Education; Change; Religious Factors; Sexuality; Gender Issues; Experience
    • Subject Terms:
      Australia
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/14681811.2021.1978964
    • ISSN:
      1468-1811
      1472-0825
    • Abstract:
      Lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA+) Australians are vulnerable to religion-based attempts to change or suppress their sexuality and/or gender identity, including conversion ideology messaging in school-based sex education. Conversion bans are currently being debated across the country. This paper reports on a critical survivor-driven study which retrospectively explored Australian LGBTQA+ youth exposure to conversion practices both within and outside of education settings. It privileges the perspectives of self-titled 'survivors' of conversion ideology and practices through the use of a reference group and constructivist grounded theory. Qualitative data were collected 20 from Australian LGBTQA+ conversion ideology and/or practice survivors aged 18 years and over, using focus groups and 35 individual interviews between 2016 and 2020. In conversion-promoting religious contexts including education institutions and groups, messages concerning sexuality and gender changed as individuals grew older and were drawn into more/enclosed settings in which core conversion messages of LGBTQA+ 'brokenness' were prevalent. While individuals progressed through the conversion experience in different ways, their experience was characterised by the absence of any form of affirming LGBTQA+ education--enabling conversion itself to become their LGBTQA+ (mis)information source. School policy addressing conversion, alongside enhanced provision of affirmative age-appropriate gender and sexuality education, may mediate this issue.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2023
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1368401