Author 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.