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Are the Kids All Right? The Impact of School Climate among Students with LGBT Parents

2016; Canadian Society for the Study of Education; Volume: 39; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

1918-5979

Tracey Peter, Catherine Taylor, Tamara Edkins,

Family Dynamics and Relationships

Using a large-scale survey of over 3,000 Canadian students, this study empirically investigates the correlation of having a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) parent with the likelihood of skipping school due to feeling unsafe. A multivariate logistic regression procedure with interaction terms was used. Results show that students who have an LGBT parent, and who report feeling unsafe at school due to their family type or their own real/perceived gender and/or sexual identity, were almost four times more likely to report skipping school than cisgender-heterosexual (CH) students with non-LGBT parents who feel safe at school.