The Influence of Anti-LGBT Discrimination Laws on School Climate and Outcomes for LGBT Youth
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender high school students face challenges that impede their academic, social, and emotional wellbeing. School policies that provide resources and protections for LGBT students mitigate these challenges, and lead to better outcomes for LGBT students. LGBT adults face challenges in sectors like employment protection and hate crime prevalence, and many states have passed laws that expand protections for these adults. This thesis aims to investigate the relationship between state-level, anti-LGBT discrimination policies and high-school student wellbeing by analyzing patterns of policy diffusion and the policies’ effects on schools. Using a mixed methods approach that combines linear regression analysis with qualitative social research of two school district case studies, this analysis will provide evidence on the social benefit of expansive civil rights legislation for LGBT individuals and the spread of its externalities to schools.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | May 8, 2019 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Fields, Xavier |
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| Primary advisor | Wotipka, Christine Min |
Subjects
| Subject | Public Policy Program |
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| Subject | anti-discrimination laws |
| Subject | lgbt rights |
| Subject | school climate |
| Subject | policy diffusion |
| Subject | lgbt education |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Fields, Xavier. (2019). The Influence of Anti-LGBT Discrimination Laws on School Climate and Outcomes for LGBT Youth. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/fs723gp2231
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Stanford University, Public Policy Program, Undergraduate Honors Theses and Practicum Projects
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