TY - JOUR
T1 - “It’s not fiction, it’s my life”
T2 - LGBTQ+ youth of color and kinships in an urban school
AU - Wozolek, Boni
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article argues that chosen family structures are critical for LGBTQ+ youth of color. Further, it articulates the inherent sense of agency that is found in choosing a family—something that not only shapes young ways of being, knowing, and doing but impacts their ability to resist toxic cultural norms that all too often position students for the school-to-prison and school-to-coffin pipelines. Finally, this article argues that schools should attend more closely to chosen family structures and find ways to include them in school culture to better sustain students, classrooms, and communities of color.
AB - This article argues that chosen family structures are critical for LGBTQ+ youth of color. Further, it articulates the inherent sense of agency that is found in choosing a family—something that not only shapes young ways of being, knowing, and doing but impacts their ability to resist toxic cultural norms that all too often position students for the school-to-prison and school-to-coffin pipelines. Finally, this article argues that schools should attend more closely to chosen family structures and find ways to include them in school culture to better sustain students, classrooms, and communities of color.
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U2 - 10.1080/00405841.2020.1829383
DO - 10.1080/00405841.2020.1829383
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099398547
SN - 0040-5841
VL - 60
SP - 94
EP - 102
JO - Theory Into Practice
JF - Theory Into Practice
IS - 1
ER -