LGBTQ+ Research

Research reveals teachers’ concerns about negative parental reactions to LGBTQ+ topics in primary school, though many parents are supportive if approached sensitively. Parental views are mixed, with some opposition but also considerable support.

Transgender history has become a rapidly expanding area of research over the past decades. Here you can find a brief summary of the work of some pioneering experts in the field.

This study looked at bringing parents and practitioners together in a way that helped them to all focus on the interests, needs, and strengths of children. This requires support and exposure in government policymaking, curriculum development and other policy types.

This paper focuses on discourses around bullying in US schools and offers an interesting argument that such discourses often focus on LGBTQ+ students as victims of individuals, who use language to express homophobic attitudes.

Stonewall have conducted a series of surveys of LGBTQ+ youngsters since 2007. This report gathered the views and experiences of over 3700 young people who identified as LGBTQ+.

Dr Richard Harris specialises in the practice of history teaching, action research, curriculum policy and development, diversity, citizenship, trainee teacher/teacher development and transgender issues.

Dr Maria Kambouri’s research is mainly interested in the theoretical and practical conditions necessary for the development of successful partnerships and in the context of early years education but also in relation to working in parentship with research participants and university students.