Sexuality Matters

Paradigms and Policies for Educational Leaders

Foreword by Michael L. Dantley Contributions by James G. Allen, Dr. Jeffrey S. Brooks, ryss Cryss Brunner, Colleen A. Capper, Mary J. DeLeon, Renée DePalma, Robert E. Harper, Frank Hernandez, Grahaeme A. Hesp, Ian K. Macgillivray, Sarah A. McKinney, Erica Meiners, Therese Quinn, Karen Schulte, Michael Sharp Edited by James W. Koschoreck, Autumn K. Tooms

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Publication date:

15 October 2009

Length of book:

256 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781607094180

Sexuality Matters brings together scholars from a variety of epistemological perspectives to explore the multiple ways in which sexuality does indeed matter in the arena of public education. This book is arranged into three main thematic areas: Policy and Activism, Curriculum and Pedagogy, and Identity and Lived Experiences, each of which explores specific ideas and challenges found within the corresponding topic. The special features of this collection include a focus on the implications of sexuality for educational leadership as well as a multi-perspectival approach to the exploration of these concerns. This text will prove to be especially useful both to scholars who prepare future educational leaders and to practitioners who are seeking ways to deal with the complex social realities of their communities.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 Policy and Activism
Chapter 4 Sexualities Equality in All Primary Schools: A Case for Not Waiting for "Ideal" Conditions
Chapter 5 Gay-Straight Alliances and Other Student Clubs: A District's Responsibilities
Chapter 6 Act Out: Organizing for Queer Rights in Education
Part 7 Curriculum and Pedagogy
Chapter 8 Fostering Positive Dispositions about LGBTQ Matters: The Effects of a Social Justice Curriculum on Future Educational Leaders
Chapter 9 Deconstructing Silos: Non-LGBTQ Educators and the Subjects of the Urban Classroom
Chapter 10 Why School Principals Must Stop All Teasing, Harassment, and Bullying in Schools and How They Can Do So
Part 11 Identity and Experiences
Chapter 12 Lesbian and Gay Public School Administrators: Early Experiences that Shape Today
Chapter 13 Dancing with the Queers: A Lesson in Discourse
Chapter 14 "Did Somebody See Me? Are They Going to Know? Am I Going to Lose My Job?": An Openly Gay Elementary Principal Reflects on Being Gay and Coming Out to His School Community
Chapter 15 Brotherhood and a Chance to Belong: Lived Experiences of Gay Fraternity Men in a College Community
Chapter 16 Conclusion

This collection will most certainly become an important resource to educational leaders and those who prepare and develop them. The contributors not only make a powerful case for reconsidering the roles and responsibilities of educational leaders regarding LGBTQ issues, they also provide leaders with an abundance of practical guidance in discharging their legal and ethical responsibilities towards their LGBTQ students and those who would oppose the protection of such rights. Chapters span issues such as the formation of Gay-Straight Alliances in schools to the prevention of harassment and provide insights into the identities and lived experiences of LGBT and queer students and educational professionals. The work of school leaders and the education of our nation's students will be enhanced by this comprehensive, relevant, and useful volume.