Jarpe-Ratner Elizabeth, Little D, Benomar N, Magdaleno J Dominguez, Belcher K, Liu J, Marshall B
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J Sch Health. 2024 Dec;94(12):1153-1163. doi: 10.1111/josh.13540. Epub 2024 Dec 19.
Increasingly, there are calls for educational equity to explicitly include LGBTQ+ students, including the creation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) clubs, or Genders and Sexualities Alliances (GSAs), which are associated with positive outcomes for LGBTQ+ students and promote a safer school climate for all students. However, less is known about strategies to initiate and sustain GSAs. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) serves as a case study of how to embrace LGBTQ+ equity through an evaluation of its current practices to support GSAs.
The study is comprised of two qualitative data strands, including 20 interviews with GSA sponsors and six focus groups with GSA students. Both forms of data were recorded, transcribed, and thematically analyzed. Analyses from each set of data were integrated, and overall themes were generated.
Eleven school-level strategies for initiating and sustaining GSAs were identified and six district-level strategies were identified.
CPS is using these evaluation findings to further strengthen their work to support GSAs, and other districts can learn from their experiences, such as creating guidance and training to educate the school community about the rights of students and sponsors and resources, including funding for stipends to sponsors.
Increasing the number of schools with thriving GSAs is essential. CPS provides an illustrative case study of the key strategies at both the school and district levels to ensure that GSAs can serve to affirm, protect, and uplift LGBTQ+ students.
越来越多的人呼吁教育公平要明确纳入 LGBTQ+ 学生，包括创建女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别或酷儿/存疑（LGBTQ+）俱乐部，即性别与性取向联盟（GSA），这与 LGBTQ+ 学生的积极成果相关，并为所有学生营造更安全的学校氛围。然而，对于启动和维持 GSA 的策略了解较少。芝加哥公立学校（CPS）通过评估其当前支持 GSA 的做法，成为了一个如何实现 LGBTQ+ 公平的案例研究。
该研究由两条定性数据链组成，包括对 20 位 GSA 发起人进行的访谈以及与 GSA 学生进行的 6 个焦点小组讨论。两种数据形式均进行了记录、转录和主题分析。对每组数据的分析进行整合，并生成总体主题。
确定了 11 项学校层面启动和维持 GSA 的策略以及 6 项学区层面的策略。
CPS 正在利用这些评估结果进一步加强其支持 GSA 的工作，其他学区可以借鉴他们的经验，比如制定指导和培训，向学校社区宣传学生和发起人的权利以及资源，包括为发起人提供津贴的资金。
增加拥有蓬勃发展的 GSA 的学校数量至关重要。CPS 提供了一个具有启发性的案例研究，展示了学校和学区层面的关键策略，以确保 GSA 能够起到肯定、保护和提升 LGBTQ+ 学生的作用。
