Lynne Hillier
Biographic Data
| ID | 658359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynne Hillier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynne |
| FAMILY NAME | Hillier |
| SIGNATURE | HILLIER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
School experiences of transgender and gender diverse students in Australia
Over the last decade, there has been an increase in global and local policy protections on the basis of gender identity and expression in education and a recent spate of coverage of transgender students on Australian television and news media. This paper explores the school experiences of Australian transgender and gender diverse students' , with particular consideration of recognition of their gender identity in documentation, experiences of pub…
The Erasure of Bisexual Students in Australian Education Policy and Practice
The recent release of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) booklets, policy, and practice guidance on homophobic bullying in schools represents a distinct shift in how diverse student sexualities are conceptualized in education. Schools are now increasingly addressing the issue of homophobia in official policies. Such policies can include spaces for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer (GLBTIQ)…
Comparing Trans-Spectrum and Same-sex-Attracted Youth in Australia: Increased Risks, Increased Activisms
Tran-spectrum youth include those who are gender questioning, transgender, intersex, genderqueer, and androgynous. Drawing on data from an Australian study of more than 3,000 same-sex-attracted and trans-spectrum youth aged 14 to 21, this article compares a group of 91 trans-spectrum youth from the study to "cisgender" same-sex-attracted peers (who feel their gender identity aligns more fully with their ascribed sex). Comparisons are made on topi…
Sexuality education school policy for Australian GLBTIQ students
Education is state-run in Australia, and within each of the eight states and territories there are both government and independent schooling systems. This paper details the position of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (GLBTIQ) students within Australian education policy documents nationally, focusing on the three largest states and educational sectors in Australia. Survey data are used to report on the schooling experiences…
The Internet As a Safety Net: Findings From a Series of Online Focus Groups With LGB and Non-LGB Young People in the United States
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth face special challenges during adolescence including stigma, alienation, and abuse which have been linked with social costs and negative health outcomes. The Internet has been shown to ameliorate the negative impacts of homophobia by providing access to friendships and support, information, romantic partners, and a gay community. In this qualitative study, internet use of LGB and Non-LGB young people were co…
‘It was as useful as a chocolate kettle’: Sex education in the lives of same‐sex‐attracted young people in Australia
Sex education is a contested site in the school curriculum as communities grapple with who should teach young people about sex and how it should be taught. In this paper we ask whether same‐sex‐attracted young people are being exposed to appropriate and relevant sex education at school, and if they are not whether it is necessary that sex education be inclusive of sexual difference. In the second Australian survey of 1749 same‐sex‐attracted youth…
Building Realities Less Limited Than Their Own: Young People Practising Same-Sex Attraction on the Internet
The internet has met with mixed community reactions, especially when the focus is on young people's internet use. There are those who fear that the internet will introduce undesirable people and information into the home, leaving the young vulnerable and exploited. Alternatively, there are others who argue that the exclusion of young people from the internet is one of many examples of the diminishing public space that is made available to young p…
Screened Out: Women with Disabilities and Preventive Health
This paper explores the lived experience of women with disabilities in relation to preventative health. It is based on qualitative research in Australia involving 25 individual interviews and 4 focus groups with women with disabilities about their experience of cervical screening (Pap tests), 16 interviews and 2 focus groups with service providers and advocacy organizations and an audit of 4 Pap Test Services by a researcher with a disability. Th…
Homophobia and the production of shame: Young people and same sex attraction
Research among same-sex attracted young people in Western cultures has described a minority group of adolescents whose sexuality is negated by the significant institutions and people in their lives. Very often, there is a silence in the family and at school about same-sex sexuality and when a young person's homosexuality is suspected or disclosed s/he suffers from denial, discrimination and abuse. Not surprisingly, living in hostile environments …
It's a catch-22: Same-sex-attracted young people on coming out to parents
This chapter discusses communication with parents, same-sex attraction, coming out, and adolescent sexuality
I know I'm doing a good job': Canonical and autobiographical narratives of teenage mothers
Teenage pregnancy is typically presented as a problem to be solved, if not as an epidemic in need of urgent intervention. This paper reports on Australian research that examined the phenomenon of teenage motherhood from the perspective of the young women themselves. The theoretical frame of narrative was adopted in order to understand both the way in which the young mothers were making sense of their own lives, and the way in which they interpret…
Neverending Love' and `Blowing Your Load': The Meanings of Sex to Rural Youth
This article reports on qualitative and quantitative research, conducted with senior secondary school students in small rural Australian towns, which explored the meanings of sex and relationships. Through a survey, the researchers identified the many ways in which these young people construct meanings around sex and sexuality and, combined with their beliefs about relationships, what impact these meanings might have on their ability to negotiate…
'I'd never share a needle'…[but I often have unsafe sex]: Considering the paradox of young people's sex and drugs talk
’I’d never share a needle’...[but I often have unsafe sex]: Considering the paradox of young people’s sex and drugs talk
What Should Be the 'Subject' of Sex Education
(1999). What Should Be the ‘Subject’ of Sex Education? Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 279-288
“When you carry condoms all the boys think you want it”: Negotiating competing discourses about safe sex
VI. How Language Betrays Us: Explaining Violence Against Women in the 1990s
The role of observer attitudes in judgments of blame in cases of wife assault
Body image satisfaction, dieting beliefs, and weight loss behaviors in adolescent girls and boys
The Internet As a Safety Net: Findings From a Series of Online Focus Groups With LGB and Non-LGB Young People in the United States
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth face special challenges during adolescence including stigma, alienation, and abuse which have been linked with social costs and negative health outcomes. The Internet has been shown to ameliorate the negative impacts of homophobia by providing access to friendships and support, information, romantic partners, and a gay community. In this qualitative study, internet use of LGB and Non-LGB young people were co…
Body image satisfaction, dieting beliefs, and weight loss behaviors in adolescent girls and boys
The role of observer attitudes in judgments of blame in cases of wife assault
Comparing Trans-Spectrum and Same-sex-Attracted Youth in Australia: Increased Risks, Increased Activisms
Tran-spectrum youth include those who are gender questioning, transgender, intersex, genderqueer, and androgynous. Drawing on data from an Australian study of more than 3,000 same-sex-attracted and trans-spectrum youth aged 14 to 21, this article compares a group of 91 trans-spectrum youth from the study to "cisgender" same-sex-attracted peers (who feel their gender identity aligns more fully with their ascribed sex). Comparisons are made on topi…
The Erasure of Bisexual Students in Australian Education Policy and Practice
The recent release of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) booklets, policy, and practice guidance on homophobic bullying in schools represents a distinct shift in how diverse student sexualities are conceptualized in education. Schools are now increasingly addressing the issue of homophobia in official policies. Such policies can include spaces for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer (GLBTIQ)…
What Should Be the 'Subject' of Sex Education
(1999). What Should Be the ‘Subject’ of Sex Education? Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 279-288
VI. How Language Betrays Us: Explaining Violence Against Women in the 1990s
Body image satisfaction, dieting beliefs, and weight loss behaviors in adolescent girls and boys
The role of observer attitudes in judgments of blame in cases of wife assault
VI. How Language Betrays Us: Explaining Violence Against Women in the 1990s
“When you carry condoms all the boys think you want it”: Negotiating competing discourses about safe sex
Neverending Love' and `Blowing Your Load': The Meanings of Sex to Rural Youth
This article reports on qualitative and quantitative research, conducted with senior secondary school students in small rural Australian towns, which explored the meanings of sex and relationships. Through a survey, the researchers identified the many ways in which these young people construct meanings around sex and sexuality and, combined with their beliefs about relationships, what impact these meanings might have on their ability to negotiate…
'I'd never share a needle'…[but I often have unsafe sex]: Considering the paradox of young people's sex and drugs talk
’I’d never share a needle’...[but I often have unsafe sex]: Considering the paradox of young people’s sex and drugs talk
What Should Be the 'Subject' of Sex Education
(1999). What Should Be the ‘Subject’ of Sex Education? Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 279-288
I know I'm doing a good job': Canonical and autobiographical narratives of teenage mothers
Teenage pregnancy is typically presented as a problem to be solved, if not as an epidemic in need of urgent intervention. This paper reports on Australian research that examined the phenomenon of teenage motherhood from the perspective of the young women themselves. The theoretical frame of narrative was adopted in order to understand both the way in which the young mothers were making sense of their own lives, and the way in which they interpret…
It's a catch-22: Same-sex-attracted young people on coming out to parents
This chapter discusses communication with parents, same-sex attraction, coming out, and adolescent sexuality
Homophobia and the production of shame: Young people and same sex attraction
Research among same-sex attracted young people in Western cultures has described a minority group of adolescents whose sexuality is negated by the significant institutions and people in their lives. Very often, there is a silence in the family and at school about same-sex sexuality and when a young person's homosexuality is suspected or disclosed s/he suffers from denial, discrimination and abuse. Not surprisingly, living in hostile environments …
Screened Out: Women with Disabilities and Preventive Health
This paper explores the lived experience of women with disabilities in relation to preventative health. It is based on qualitative research in Australia involving 25 individual interviews and 4 focus groups with women with disabilities about their experience of cervical screening (Pap tests), 16 interviews and 2 focus groups with service providers and advocacy organizations and an audit of 4 Pap Test Services by a researcher with a disability. Th…
Building Realities Less Limited Than Their Own: Young People Practising Same-Sex Attraction on the Internet
The internet has met with mixed community reactions, especially when the focus is on young people's internet use. There are those who fear that the internet will introduce undesirable people and information into the home, leaving the young vulnerable and exploited. Alternatively, there are others who argue that the exclusion of young people from the internet is one of many examples of the diminishing public space that is made available to young p…
‘It was as useful as a chocolate kettle’: Sex education in the lives of same‐sex‐attracted young people in Australia
Sex education is a contested site in the school curriculum as communities grapple with who should teach young people about sex and how it should be taught. In this paper we ask whether same‐sex‐attracted young people are being exposed to appropriate and relevant sex education at school, and if they are not whether it is necessary that sex education be inclusive of sexual difference. In the second Australian survey of 1749 same‐sex‐attracted youth…
Sexuality education school policy for Australian GLBTIQ students
Education is state-run in Australia, and within each of the eight states and territories there are both government and independent schooling systems. This paper details the position of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (GLBTIQ) students within Australian education policy documents nationally, focusing on the three largest states and educational sectors in Australia. Survey data are used to report on the schooling experiences…
The Internet As a Safety Net: Findings From a Series of Online Focus Groups With LGB and Non-LGB Young People in the United States
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth face special challenges during adolescence including stigma, alienation, and abuse which have been linked with social costs and negative health outcomes. The Internet has been shown to ameliorate the negative impacts of homophobia by providing access to friendships and support, information, romantic partners, and a gay community. In this qualitative study, internet use of LGB and Non-LGB young people were co…
Comparing Trans-Spectrum and Same-sex-Attracted Youth in Australia: Increased Risks, Increased Activisms
Tran-spectrum youth include those who are gender questioning, transgender, intersex, genderqueer, and androgynous. Drawing on data from an Australian study of more than 3,000 same-sex-attracted and trans-spectrum youth aged 14 to 21, this article compares a group of 91 trans-spectrum youth from the study to "cisgender" same-sex-attracted peers (who feel their gender identity aligns more fully with their ascribed sex). Comparisons are made on topi…
The Erasure of Bisexual Students in Australian Education Policy and Practice
The recent release of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) booklets, policy, and practice guidance on homophobic bullying in schools represents a distinct shift in how diverse student sexualities are conceptualized in education. Schools are now increasingly addressing the issue of homophobia in official policies. Such policies can include spaces for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer (GLBTIQ)…
School experiences of transgender and gender diverse students in Australia
Over the last decade, there has been an increase in global and local policy protections on the basis of gender identity and expression in education and a recent spate of coverage of transgender students on Australian television and news media. This paper explores the school experiences of Australian transgender and gender diverse students' , with particular consideration of recognition of their gender identity in documentation, experiences of pub…
Sociology (16 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Gender Studies (11 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (9 works) · Human sexuality (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Political science (6 works)