Abstract
Two social incidents have been deeply intertwined with the establishment of the Gender Equity Education Act (GEEA, 2004) in Taiwan. A long-term activist for women’s rights, Mrs Peng Wan-Ru was raped and murdered in 1996. This incident shocked Taiwanese society and triggered angry demands that the state tackled the issue of women’s safety and equality by implementing gender equity education in schools. In 2000, a mysterious death of a feminine boy in school again attracted attention of feminists; teachers; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT); and human rights organisations. These incidents then inspired activists to expand the scope of the GEEA from primarily focusing on equity between men and women to equity between all gender and sexual subjects.
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Hsieh, YC. (2012). Shaping Young People’s Gender and Sexual Identities: Can Teaching Practices Produce Diverse Subjects?. In: Educational Diversity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137271129_5
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