ABSTRACT

This article reports on a two-year study on the in-school experiences of 10 ethnically and generationally diverse Asian American LGBQ-identified adolescents who attended a racially integrated urban public high school in the Midwest. The conceptual framework draws on Queer of Colour Analysis (QOCA) to situate how heteronormative, heterosexist, and racially exclusionary practices impacted the youth in distinct ways due to the intersections of their gendered and racialized identities. Three major findings are discussed as follows: (a) the participants’ experiences with violence-based encounters at school including the complex reasons for their general reluctance to formally report these incidents, (b) gendered and racialized forms of heterosexism and homophobia, and (c) how the school’s White-dominated Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club because a site of erasure and exclusion. Specifically, their lived realities at school elevate the urgency of issues pertaining to school culture and climate as it relates to their personal safety, security, and well-being. The implications section will reflect on the ways by which K-12 schools could create more equitable, inclusive, and welcoming spaces for racially diverse LGBQ students.

摘要

本文报告了一项为期两年的研究，研究了10名在种族和世代背景不同的亚裔美国人中，由LGBQ识别的青少年在中西部的一个种族综合城市公立中学就读。该概念框架利用“颜色分析的酷儿”（QOCA）来确定异规范，异性恋和种族排斥行为是如何通过不同性别和种族身份而以不同方式影响青年的。讨论了以下三个主要发现：（a）参与者在学校中基于暴力的遭遇的经历，包括其普遍不愿正式报告这些事件的复杂原因；（b）性别和种族形式的异性恋和同性恋恐惧症，（c）该学校的白人主导的同性恋者直觉联盟（GSA）俱乐部是如何因为一个擦除和排斥场所而出现的。具体而言，他们在学校的生活现实加剧了与学校文化和气候有关的问题的紧迫性，因为这关系到他们的人身安全，保障和福祉。影响部分将反思K-12学校如何为种族多样化的LGBQ学生创造更加公平，包容和热情的空间。