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Understanding LGBTIQ parents’ transformative potential in educational context

This paper is based on the authors’ongoing research on LGBTIQ parenting in Croatia. The elementary research question of this study is the examination of the transformative potential of LGBTIQ parents' visibility and engagement in school. Using a case study research design, a semi-structured interview with two gay parents was used to gain insight in their understanding of different complexities of non-hegemonic parenting practices, with an emphasis on educational issues. The interviewed par- ents demonstrated that LGBTIQ families have a transformative potential even if they apply a semi-private strategy of disclosure in a heteronormative social context, while the transition towards a ’proud’ strategy necessarily demands support from different social partners, the academy having strong potential to be one of them.

LGBTIQ parenting, parenting activism, family-school relations, transformative education

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