Resisting Heteronormativity and Homophobic Bullying

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Drawing on rich empirical research, this insightful book offers a powerful account of how LGBTQIA+ students create spaces of belonging, resistance, and solidarity within a conservative religious context. The authors make a significant contribution to contemporary queer scholarship by moving beyond narratives of victimhood to foreground student agency, while also providing a nuanced interrogation of Catholicism, higher education, and social change in the Philippines. This is an important and original contribution that will be essential reading for scholars of gender, sexuality, education, religion, and Southeast Asian studies.

— Megan Robertson, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

This Palgrave Pivot examines how LGBTQIA+ students navigate, resist, and transform the heteronormative structures of Philippine society. Drawing on interviews with sixteen LGBTQIA+ students from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) and sociological framework centered on gender fluidity, resistance, resilience, and solidarity, it shows how students confront homophobic bullying while building supportive networks. The book also examines how institutional ethos and student advocacy foster an inclusive, gender-affirming university environment. Offering an empirically grounded account of LGBTQIA+ exclusion and collective agency in the Global South, it contributes to debates in gender studies, sociology of education, queer studies, and Philippine studies. It will interest scholars, students, university administrators, and policymakers seeking to understand the dynamics of heteronormativity, LGBTQIA+ resistance, and the social conditions that enable inclusive educational spaces.

Vivencio O. Ballano is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila.

Nicolas T. Mallari is Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Development and Professor of the Department of Psychology at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Alexander Prudente Jr. is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Crisiel Mendina Lagura is a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

This Palgrave Pivot examines how LGBTQIA+ students navigate, resist, and transform the heteronormative structures of Philippine society. Drawing on interviews with sixteen LGBTQIA+ students from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) and sociological framework centered on gender fluidity, resistance, resilience, and solidarity, it shows how students confront homophobic bullying while building supportive networks. The book also examines how institutional ethos and student advocacy foster an inclusive, gender-affirming university environment. Offering an empirically grounded account of LGBTQIA+ exclusion and collective agency in the Global South, it contributes to debates in gender studies, sociology of education, queer studies, and Philippine studies. It will interest scholars, students, university administrators, and policymakers seeking to understand the dynamics of heteronormativity, LGBTQIA+ resistance, and the social conditions that enable inclusive educational spaces.

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Vivencio O. Ballano

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Homophobic bullying LGBTQIA+ exclusion Gender Fluidity Social Resilience LGBTQIA+ Solidarity Fostering inclusion in higher education Catholicism and gender doctrines Sociology of gender socialization Queer resistance strategies Social resilience theory Global South LGBTQIA+ studies Gender-affirming higher education Qualitative sociological research Micro-processes of resistance Student activism

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