LGBTQ+ student, staff, and parent perceptions of Australian school climates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21522438 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Mann (0000-0002-7816-9194, Macquarie University, corresponding author), Penny Van Bergen (0000-0001-9542-812X, University of Wollongong), Emma Burns (0000-0001-6323-1816, Macquarie University), T Jones (0000-0003-2930-7017, Macquarie University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 973-995 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Australian Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0311-6999 • E-ISSN: 2210-5328 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13384-024-00749-6 |
| OpenAlex | W4400657223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 24 |
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 = 198), and parent (n = 180) perceptions of school safety, interpersonal challenges and self-harm differ by roles, school types, school location, and gender modality. ANOVA and chi-square analyses showed that although LGBTQ+ students, staff and parents experience similar concerns in school safety, interpersonal challenges, and self-harm, students have higher prevalence on all indicators. Students in government/public, religious affiliated schools, and non-metropolitan schools had particularly high concerns, as did transgender and gender diverse students. This study offers important implications for school-wide interventions to promote positive school climates, with particular focus on school safety, anti-bullying, and self-harm, targeted to the needs of multiple members of the LGBTQ+ community
Focus group · Harm · Heterosexism · Interpersonal communication · Lesbian · Pedagogy · Perception · Psychological intervention · Queer · School climate · Sociology · Transgender · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
School Climate
Risk and Protective Factors to LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide
GLBTIQ teachers in Australian education policy
A systematic review of research on LGBTQ educators’ experiences and LGBTQ curriculum in K-12 U.S. public schools
The Family Lives of Australian Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People
Suicide and Youth
Parent-reported measures of child health and wellbeing in same-sex parent families
Characteristics of schools with and without Gay-Straight Alliances
Peer victimization and suicidality among LGBTQ youth
Thriving Not Surviving
Religious Conversion Practices and LGBTQA + Youth
What Changed When the Gay Adoption Ban was Lifted
Gender diversity and safety climate perceptions in schools and other youth-serving organisations
Transgender Parents
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |