The essays in this text challenge conventional thinking about sexuality and pedagogy, with sections on myth-making, identity, globalization and education. A range of perspectives are brought to bear on how we position ourselves and are positioned by "master narratives" of sexuality and gender.

Part 1 Sexualities as myth and signification: myths and fictions in modern sexualities; sex play - romantic significations, sexism and silences in the schoolyard; the birds and the bees - narratives of sexuality in television natural history programmes; pedagogic panic or deconstructive dilemma? - gay genes in the popular press. Part 2 Sexualities in globalization and commodification: sex in the world; in(ter)ventions of male sexualities and HIV education - case studies in the Philippines; the internationalization of gay and lesbian identities. Part 3 Sexualities as identities: sexing the globe; discipline and homophobia in South African schools - the limits of legislated transformation; race, sexuality and education - what does it mean to be Aboriginal and gay in education in Australia?; identity and sexuality in crisis - the reassertion of patriarchy; witches, faggots, dykes and poofters - moments of danger and the realms of subjectivity. Part 4 Interventions in sexualities: the "homosexual agenda" goes to school; queer as fuck? - exploring the potential of queer pedagogies in research school experiences of lesbian and gay youth; "no fea" in our school; policies and resistance in a university peer sexuality programme; "multicultural" does not mean "multisexual" - social justice and the interweaving of ethnicity and sexuality.