"LGBTQ Campus Experiences"
A Special Issue of the Journal of Homosexuality Edited by Genny Beemyn and Sue Rankin
More and more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students are entering higher education institutions in the United States after having come out in junior high or high school and are expecting colleges to be LGBTQ-supportive environments that will meet their needs. But while the overall campus climate may have improved in the last decade, many LGBTQ students still experience harassment and discrimination, fear for their physical safety, and conceal their sexual orientation or gender identity at times to avoid mistreatment (Brown, et al., 2004; Rankin, 2003; Rankin, et al., 2010). Transgender students especially often encounter a high level of insensitivity and hostility at colleges and universities (Beemyn, 2005; Bilodeau, 2009).
This special issue of the Journal of Homosexuality invites academic articles (20-30 pages in length) that address the experiences and needs of LGBTQ college students, staff, and/or faculty. Some possible topics include the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender students of color, students with disabilities, students of faith, or student athletes; the experiences and needs of students who identify as genderqueer or gender fluid; comparisons of the identity development processes of transgender students who identify in various ways as male, female, or neither/both/in between; the climate at historically Black colleges and universities, women's colleges, religiously affiliated institutions, community colleges, or more conservative schools; the attitudes of heterosexual or cisgender students toward LGBTQ people; comparisons between LGBT and non-LGBT students in academic achievement, co-curricular involvement, or institutional perceptions; an evaluation of LGBTQ safe zone or ally programs; and educational or policy initiatives to create campuses that are more inclusive of and welcoming to LGBTQ students, staff, and faculty.
Send inquiries and manuscripts to Genny Beemyn at genny@stuaf.umass.edu by January 1, 2011.
Manuscripts should be double spaced, including end notes and quotations, and in 12-point Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. Please number the pages and include a short title in the header. To facilitate blind review, do not include your name on the manuscript.
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