Challenging homophobia and heterosexism
Subtitle: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues
By: ACE.
Series: New directions for adult and continuing education -- no. 112.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; John Wiley [distributor]
Published: 2006
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif; Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9780787994952
Subjects: Homophobia; Adult education educators -- Attitudes; Sexual minority students; Gender identity in education; Homosexuality and education
Description: "This volume is designed for professionals interested in building safe and inclusive work and learning environments for adults related to sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, LGBTQ). Readers will gain knowledge, skills, tools, and resources to identify sexual minority needs; cultivate LGBTQ networks and ally groups in work settings; dismantle the lavender ceiling that prevents sexual minority mobility in organizations; interrogate heterosexual privilege and fight homophobia; design and implement nonharassment and antidiscrimination policies; achieve domestic partner benefits; and build best practices into organizational strategies. It explores sexual identity development in the workplace through the lens of transformational learning theory and opens new ways to think about career development. In addition, this volume offers unique insights into lesbian issues in organizations, including the double bind of sexual orientation, and gender discrimination. Some of the chapter authors look specifically at educational settings, such as continuing professional development of K-12 teachers and the dynamics of dealing with sexual orientation in higher education, while others focus on business workplaces. The volume concludes with an analysis of public policies and organizational practices that are important to LGBTQ lives, with a focus on how organizational policy can make space for the emergence of difference related to sexual orientation and gender identity."--From the editor, p. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: What's it like to be queer here ? / Robert J. Hill; title: A Transformative learning perspective of continuing sexual identity development in the workplace / Kathleen P. King, Susan C. Biro; title: Straight privilege and moral/izing : issues in career development / Tonette S. Rocco, Suzanne J. Gallagher; title: Lesbians : identifying, facing, and navigating the double bind of sexual orientation and gender in organizational settings / Julie Gedro; title: The Quest for a queer inclusive cultural ethics : setting directions for teachers' preservice and continuing professional development / André P. Grace, Kristopher Wells; title: Difficult dilemmas : the meaning and dynamics of being out in the classroom / Thomas V. Bettinger, Rebecca Timmins, Elizabeth J. Tisdell; title: Using policy to drive organizational change / Eunice Ellen Hornsby; title: LGBTQ issues in organizational settings : what HRD professionals need to know and do / Corey S. Mun̈oz, Kecia M. Thomas; title: Queer challenges in organizational settings : complexity, paradox, and contradiction / Robert J. Hill.