TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heather A. Cooper
PY  - 2018
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781433160110
TI  - The Teacher’s Closet
T2  - Lesbian and Gay Educators in Georgia’s Public Middle Schools
DO  - 10.3726/b14609
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1057388
N2  - The stories in The Teacher’s Closet: Lesbian and Gay Educators in Georgia’s Public Middle Schools reveal the intricate and multifaceted process of identity management that lesbian and gay Georgia middle school teachers regularly engage in, with the intention of carefully negotiating the conservative, heterosexist, and at times homophobic culture of education. Disclosure for a homosexual teacher is not a one-time event. As the stories reveal, managing one's sexual identity is an ongoing process. A feeling of uneasiness surrounding acceptance from others is also a regular occurrence in the homosexual community. To understand why lesbian and gay teachers feel the need to conceal and protect their homosexual identities, it is necessary to understand the social and political climate that forces them to surrender their real identity. In our heterosexist society where homosexuals are often portrayed as different, even sinful, it is not surprising that many homosexual teachers refrain from disclosing their sexual identity to their students, especially in the conservative state of Georgia. The Teacher’s Closet is relevant to courses that include diversity in teacher education and teach inclusion and equality in education.
LA  - English
ER  -