Creating Community: LGBTQ+ School Leaders Connect to Support Each Other in Trying Times

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Trans Disciplinary Approaches to Improving Queer, Trans Climate (Table 18)

Abstract

This study seeks to understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ school leaders and the approaches they take to the preservation of their well-being and engagement in identity-based community building in their schools. Twelve LGBTQ+ school leaders participated in this qualitative case study and three preliminary themes surfaced: 1) heightened fear within the current sociopolitical climate; 2) LGBTQ+ representation as an approach to fostering inclusion; and 3) the value of a shared space for LGBTQ+ school leaders.

Authors

• Dustin Wade Miller, The Ohio State University

• Andrew Stein, Northwestern University