Critical Views on Educational Intervention in Sexual Diversity

Abstract

In order to reflect on the ways in which gender and sexuality have been made visible in the educational realm it is important to recognize that, even if these issues are not explicitly addressed, their presence is transversal, they are everywhere and "all education is sexual". This is a paradoxical situation, as it has been already problematized by Foucault, in which it seems to be a taboo subject that is not dealt with directly, but has a ubiquitous discursive presence. In this article we seek to interrogate the ways in which sexual diversity has been made visible in the educational realm (in policies, speeches and direct intervention); the effects of these actions, and if they allow a critique of heteronormativity and the binary understanding of gender relations. From a feminism perspective, we seek to question some heterosexist and normalizing elements that we consider to be still present in current educational speeches.