ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the relationship between LGBTQI+ parented families and schools from the point of view of the parents. It considers this specifically through the lens of visibility/invisibility and how that affects relationships with schools. The chapter considers that deliberately sought a wide range of LGBTQI+ parents, so that although our respondent sample is relatively small, it reflects a variety of identity positions, family structures and approaches. It considers that parents who had a strategy of active visibility, those who were unwillingly visible, those who saw themselves as just a family like any other and wanted to be treated that way by schools, and those who aimed for an invisibility. The chapter shows how parents chose schools, and then examines one of the key worries for LGBTQI+ parents: bullying and homophobia. It turns to some of the issues that arose from families' ongoing relationships with their children's schools, focusing in particular on those that are specific to LGBTQI+ parenting.
