Queer Eye on Inclusion: Understanding Lesbian and Gay Student and Instructor Experiences of Continuing Education

Mizzi, Robert C.; Star, Jared

doi:10.1080/07377363.2019.1660844

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“…Whether spoken or unspoken, these normative expectations result in cautious discouragement of educators incorporating sexual or gender minority into pedagogy or professional identity (Davies, 2021, Mizzi & Star, 2019. Given the instability of higher education employment and preponderance of temporary and fixed-term contracts, this may escalate the risk for LGBTQ+ employees to authentically express their identities if that expression deviates from the cis-or hetero-normative expectations.…”

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Category is... Staff and student experiences of Rainbow Office Hours

Horlin,

Sandtvos,

Venson

et al. 2024

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In this paper we present staff and student experiences of "Rainbow Office Hours", a distinct, safe space for LGBTQ+ community engagement in higher education, challenging traditional professional identity boundaries and promoting visibility and representation. Originating at the University of Glasgow in 2019, students are invited to attend specific times labelled as Rainbow Office Hours with an LGBTQ+ member of staff to discuss anything LGBTQ+ related. This initiative has helped foster an inclusive campus climate, underscoring the need for broader institutional support for LGBTQ+ identities. We advocate for integrating queer perspectives across academic disciplines, emphasising the critical role of representation in educational environments and critiquing the prevailing heteronormative and cisnormative institutional cultures that discourage the integration of sexual and gender minority issues into academia. We cannot, and will not, leave who we are at the door when we arrive at work.

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