A Case for Legal Protection for Sexual Minority Educators

Autor/inn/en	Bishop, Holly N.; Caraway, Chadwick; Stader, David L.
Titel	A Case for Legal Protection for Sexual Minority Educators
Quelle	In: Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 83 (2010) 3, S.84-88 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-8655
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Sexual Orientation; Homosexuality; Minority Group Teachers; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Social Discrimination; Social Bias; Social Justice; Court Litigation; Social Attitudes; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexuelle Orientierung; Homosexualität; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Rechtsstreit; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; USA
Abstract	Discrimination based on sexual orientation in K-12 education is not prohibited in many school districts across the United States. Teachers who are of the sexual minority (gay, lesbian, or bisexual) must remain closeted or risk losing their jobs. A history of past court decisions and laws deeming sexual minorities to be degenerates from which children should be protected, coupled with little legal protection for sexual minorities, have pressured many educators into remaining quiet about their identity. Here, we argue that the rationale of protecting children by allowing discrimination against sexual minorities is unfounded and does nothing more than continue the spread of homophobia and intolerance. Educational settings should be places of learning that foster inclusion and not places where some are ostracized for being different. Current legal proceedings offer hope for the curbing of this practice, but until more protection is offered to sexual minorities in K-12 education, they may still be at risk of losing their jobs or being harassed. Furthermore, forcing sexual minority teachers to assume a heterosexual identity deprives students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered of role models in the school setting. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10