Presentation: Education for Sexual and Gender Diversity

Authors

  • Soledad Cid Universidad Central de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-73782016000200002%20

Keywords:

Sexual diversity, Gender diversity

Abstract

nclusive education is a process in full swing in many countries. It is a path that involves great tensions, fears and contradictions, which in particular seem to deepen when inclusion refers to gender and sexual diversity. These fears and tensions often find their points of support in the understandings held by the various actors in the socio-cultural world with regard to what the subject is and what is appropriate and desirable for their being.

In recent years, the discussion on the impact of educational processes on the construction and affirmation of gender and sexual identity and, consequently, on the role of the school institution in the promotion and development of coexistence based on recognition and appreciation among those who walk different paths in the construction of gender and sexual identity has been gaining ground both in the public sphere and in educational circles. However, this does not mean that the construction of non-hegemonic gender and sexual identities is on the way to acceptance within the framework of what is considered ‘normal’ in our cultural world. Nor does it mean that in the educational context the coexistence between people with diverse identities, from the perspective of gender or sex, is simple or without contradictions, nor easy for educational communities to deal with.

Author Biography

Soledad Cid, Universidad Central de Chile

Es Antropologa Social y Licenciada en Antroplología de la Universidad de Chile, Magíster en Ciencias Sociales, mención en Política Pública en la Universidad Arcis. Se ha especializado en Cultura Escolar, siendo en este campo su principal interés los procesos de conformación identitaria docente, participando en investigaciones referentes a los efectos de las estrategias de evaluación estandarizadas en dicha construcción. Trabaja actualmente apoyando comunidades educativas en procesos de trabajo en diversidad sexual y de género e inclusión educativa, participando, simultáneamente, como relatora invitada para comunidades educativas en diversas experiencias respecto al trabajo inclusivo. Forma parte de la Comisión de Educación de una de las organizaciones de diversidad sexual en Chile y ha participado como analista de procesos de formación en post grado, siendo actualmente docente de postgrado. Actualmente se encuentra realizando su trabajo de doctorado en la temática de la racionalidad docente frente al tema de inclusión.

Published

2016-11-01

How to Cite

Cid, S. (2016). Presentation: Education for Sexual and Gender Diversity. Latin American Journal of Inclusive Education, 10(2), 17–20. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-73782016000200002

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