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The last closet : the real lives of lesbian and gay teachers

Title
The last closet : the real lives of lesbian and gay teachers / Rita M. Kissen.
Author
Kissen, Rita M.
Publication
  • Portsmouth, N.H. : Heinemann, [1996]
  • ©1996

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Description
xv, 198 pages; 24 cm
Summary
The Last Closet tells the stories of lesbian and gay educators as they struggle for dignity in the face of homophobia. These stories come from over a hundred lesbian, gay, and bisexual women and men who are, or have been, teachers, counselors, librarians, and administrators across the country. Rita Kissen, who began her research after her lesbian daughter became a teacher, uses both narration and description to capture the texture and tone of these teachers' daily lives. The Last Closet describes the struggles of educators caught between their desire for authenticity and their need for safety - a need that forces most of them to hide a significant part of their identity. Kissen also suggests survival strategies for lesbian and gay educators and offers advice for heterosexual parents, teachers, and administrators who want to make their schools and communities inclusive and safe for all.
Subject
  • Gay teachers > United States
  • Lesbian teachers > United States
  • Closeted gay people > United States
  • Closeted gays
  • Gay teachers
  • Lesbian teachers
  • Homosexualität
  • Lehrer
  • Lehrerin
  • Lesbische Orientierung
  • United States
Contents
Pt. 1. The center of myself. Becoming a teacher -- Discovering a gay identity -- Race and culture -- Pt. 2. Hiding. Being invisible -- One of the enemy -- Pt. 3. Horror stories. Another kind of fear -- Cornered -- "He handed me a letter..." -- Teaching under siege -- Pt. 4. Reaching out. Families -- The inner voyage -- Coming together -- Allies -- Pt. 5. From survival to empowerment. Speaking out -- Moving out -- Heroes of their own stories.
ISBN
  • 0435070053
  • 9780435070052
  • 9780435081478
  • 0435081470
LCCN
96004128
OCLC
  • ocm34026744
  • 34026744
  • SCSB-8905133
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library