1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of LGBTQ Identity in Organizations and Society

Edited By Julie A. Gedro, Tonette S. Rocco Copyright 2024
584 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

584 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

584 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Sexuality, gender, gender identity, and gender expression are fluid constructs, and the ways in which identity development intersects with organizations and exists in society are complex. The book is comprised of a range of multi-disciplinary and globally inspired perspectives representing leading-edge scholarship by authors from over a dozen countries on a range of issues and contexts regarding... Read more

1 Introduction

Julie A. Gedro

I

Global Context

2 A Global Perspective on LGBTQ Rights as Human Rights

Hilary Landorf, Catherine Wadley, and Yenisleidy Simon-Mengana

3 Why Now? LGBTI Rights and the United Nations

Ariel G. Mekler

4 Understanding Homoprofessionalism and the Political Context:: Lesbian and Gay Leaders of International Schools

Robert C. Mizzi

5 Moving Beyond Myopia: Towards a Global Queer Pedagogy in the 21st Century

Robert C. Mizzi and Gerald Walton

6 When God’s Not on Your Side: Toward Religious Institutional Developmental Identity Transformation

Warren J. Blumenfeld

II

National and Societal Contexts

7 Contemporary Legal and Policy Practices on LGBTQ and Activist Work in Kenya

Dorothy Owino Rombo and Anne Namatsi Lutomia

8 LGBTQ Rights in Canada: Less Progressive Narrative, More Reparative Morality

Brenda Cossman

9 The Relevance of Human Rights and Social Justice Minding Intersectional Context of Affirmative Psychological Practice With LGBTQ+ People—Croatian Experience

Iva Žegura

10 Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Contesting the LGBTQ Politics of (In)Visibility in (Post)Socialist China

Liyun Wendy Choo

11 Forgotten Daughters: Customizing Supports for Black and Afro-Caribbean Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer, and Trans Women

Charlene Désir and Kimoré Reid

III

Law, Political Structures, and Policy

12 Overview of Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Branch U.S. Policies Impacting the Rights and Risks of Transgender and Nonbinary People in the Workplace

Gina R. Rosich

13 The Intersection of LGBTQ Individuals and the Criminal Justice System

Kathleen Trotta

14 The Economics of Being LGBT. A Review: 2015–2020

Nick Drydakis

15 Intergenerational Justice: A Concept for Grounding Policy, Including 2SLGBTQ+-Specific Housing Policy

Shawn H. E. Harmon and Jacqueline Gahagan

16 Accommodating Dislocated Sexual- and Gender-Minority Young People: Intersecting Research, Advocacy, and Action

Andre P. Grace and Jeffrey R. Hankey

IV

Cultural Structures

17 Language Matters: Gender Pronouns and Identity Terminology for Transgender and Nonbinary People

Douglas Knutson, Chloe Goldbach, Satveer Kler, Itxaso Rodriguez-Ordonez, Parker McDurmon, and Benton Goff

18 LGBTQ+ Youth and the Geographic Community: Opportunities for Advancing Research and Understanding

Megan S. Paceley and Jessica N. Fish

19 Queer Architecture

Sarah Bonnemaison

20 American Musical Theater: Queer Representation and Public Pedagogy

Craig M. McGill, Alan Chaffe, and Kyle Ross

21 Negotiating and Communicating LGBTQ+ Identities Through Dress and LGBTQ+-Focused Fashion Brands in the 21st Century

Kelly L. Reddy-Best, Andrew Reilly, and Kyra G. Streck

22 Consuming HIV: Cause Marketing, the (RED) Brand, and LGBTQ+ Welfare in Modern Times

Tyler M. Arguello

23 Lesbians in Sports Media: From Strategic Distancing to Strategic Acceptance

Katherine Schweighofer

V

Social, Psychological, and Research Contexts

24 Queer Identities in Contexts

Matthew J. Cull

25 A Social Identity Perspective of LGBTQ+ Identity Development: Implications for Health and Stigma

Jordan D. X. Hinton

26 The Current State of Conversion Therapy in the United States

Sage A. Mauldin and Lindsey Churchill

27 Queering LGBTQ+ People in Research: Challenges and Opportunities

Bolivar X. Nieto, Geovanna N. Hernandez, Tonette S. Rocco, and Sunny L. Munn

VI

Organizational Contexts

28 Theorising LGBT+ Identities in Organisations Queerly

Nick Rumens

29 Allyship for LGBTQ Individuals in Work Contexts

Larry R. Martinez and Liana Bernard

30 Identity Management of, and Organizational Support for, LGB Expatriates: Challenges and Recommendations

Julian M. Rengers

31 LGBTQ Entrepreneurship: Balancing the Tension Between Emancipation and Counter-Participation

Renaud Redien-Collot

32 Considering the Relationship Between LGBTQ Alcoholism, Addiction and Recovery, and Career Development

Julie A. Gedro

33 Breaking the Mold or Making the Mold? LGBTQ Employee Networks and the Managerialist Agenda

Ciaran McFadden

34 Keep Your Head Down: Dysfunctional Leadership and Its Impact on LGTBQ+ Employees

Kevin J. Rose

35 Bullying of LBGTQ Faculty in Academia: A Real-Life Challenge Informed by the Literature

Saul Carliner

36 Walking a Queer Life: Perspectives on Fear, Hope, and Resistance

Tonette S. Rocco, Debaro Huyler, Bolivar X. Nieto, Geovanna N. Hernandez, Joel Anderson, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Charlene Desir, Andre P. Grace, Jordan D. X. Hinton, Robert C. Mizzi, Nick Rumens, and Iva Žegura

Biography

Julie A. Gedro is Dean of the School of Business, Undergraduate Studies, at Empire State University, where she is also a tenured Full Professor. Dr. Gedro’s awards include the State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities; the Empire State College (now University) Altes Prize for Outstanding Community Service for her LGBTQ scholarship and activism; the Empire State College (now University) Susan H. Turben Award for Excellence in Scholarship; and the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) Laura L. Bierema Award for Excellence in Critical Human Resource Development (HRD).

Tonette S. Rocco is a tenured Full Professor of Adult Education and Human Resource Development in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, Florida International University. She is Editor-in-Chief of New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development and serves on a dozen editorial boards. She is one of only 25 Houle Scholars from the United States, a member of the 2016 class of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, 2016 Outstanding HRD Scholar, and a recipient of more than 35 awards for scholarship, mentoring, and service. She has published 11 books and 300 articles, chapters, and papers.

“Gedro and Rocco provide a much-needed volume for tomorrow’s leaders in education, management, HR, and more. Special attention to the needs, rights and contributions of workers and students at the intersections of sex, race, and gender will make this volume useful to anyone responsible for workplace environment, equity, and productivity for years to come.” Linda Heidenreich, Washington State University