The Routledge Handbook of LGBTQ Identity in Organizations and Society

Sexuality, gender, gender identity, and gender expression are fluid constructs, and the ways in which identity development intersects with organizations and exists in society are complex. The book is comprised of a range of multi-disciplinary and globally inspired perspectives representing leading-edge scholarship by authors from over a dozen countries on a range of issues and contexts regarding LGBTQ identity and experience. It is intended for a wide readership: those who are in LGBTQ-related academic fields; those who want to broaden their coursework by offering supplemental readings that center the perspectives of LGBTQ identities; and those who want to acquire knowledge and education on the subject of LGBTQ identity. There are 36 chapters written by scholars in fields such as social work, law, queer studies, business, human resource management and development, entrepreneurship, criminal justice, economics, marketing, religion, architecture, sport, theater, psychology, human ecology, and adult education. The chapters can be read in sequence, and the book can also be used as a reference work for which educators, practitioners, and non-academics can identify and select particular chapters that inform areas of inquiry. This handbook is the recipient of the R. Wayne Pace HRD Book of the Year Award 2025.

Julie A. Gedro is Dean of the School of Business, Undergraduate Studies, at Empire State University, where she is also a tenured Full Professor. Dr. Gedro's awards include the State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities; the Empire State College (now University) Altes Prize for Outstanding Community Service for her LGBTQ scholarship and activism; the Empire State College (now University) Susan H. Turben Award for Excellence in Scholarship; and the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) Laura L. Bierema Award for Excellence in Critical Human Resource Development (HRD). Tonette S. Rocco is a tenured Full Professor of Adult Education and Human Resource Development in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, Florida International University. She is Editor-in-Chief of New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development and serves on a dozen editorial boards. She is one of only 25 Houle Scholars from the United States, a member of the 2016 class of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, 2016 Outstanding HRD Scholar, and a recipient of more than 35 awards for scholarship, mentoring, and service. She has published 11 books and 300 articles, chapters, and papers.

1. Introduction I. GLOBAL CONTEXT 2. A Global Perspective on LGBTQ Rights as Human Rights 3. Why Now?: LGBTI Rights and the United Nations 4. Understanding Homoprofessionalism and the Political Context: Lesbian and Gay Leaders of International Schools 5. Moving Beyond Myopia: Towards a Global Queer Pedagogy in the 21st Century 6. When God's Not on Your Side: Toward Religious Institutional Developmental Identity Transformation II. NATIONAL AND SOCIETAL CONTEXTS 7. Contemporary Legal and Policy Practices on LGBTQ and Activist Work in Kenya 8. LGBTQ Rights in Canada: Less Progressive Narrative, More Reparative Morality 9. The Relevance of Human Rights and Social Justice Minding Intersectional Context of Affirmative Psychological Practice With LGBTQ+ People-Croatian Experience 10. Now You See It, Now You Don't: Contesting the LGBTQ Politics of (In)Visibility in (Post)Socialist China 11. Forgotten Daughters: Customizing Supports for Black and Afro-Caribbean Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer, and Trans Women III. LAW, POLITICAL STRUCTURES, AND POLICY 12. Overview of Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Branch U.S. Policies Impacting the Rights and Risks of Transgender and Nonbinary People in the Workplace 13. The Intersection of LGBTQ Individuals and the Criminal Justice System 14. The Economics of Being LGBT. A Review: 2015-2020 15. Intergenerational Justice: A Concept for Grounding Policy, Including 2SLGBTQ+-Specific Housing Policy 16. Accommodating Dislocated Sexual- and Gender-Minority Young People: Intersecting Research, Advocacy, and Action IV. CULTURAL STRUCTURES 17. Language Matters: Gender Pronouns and Identity Terminology for Transgender and Nonbinary People 18. LGBTQ+ Youth and the Geographic Community: Opportunities for Advancing Research and Understanding 19. Queer Architecture 20. American Musical Theater: Queer Representation and Public Pedagogy 21. Negotiating and Communicating LGBTQ+ Identities Through Dress and LGBTQ+-Focused Fashion Brands in the 21st Century 22. Consuming HIV: Cause Marketing, the (RED) Brand, and LGBTQ+ Welfare in Modern Times 23. Lesbians in Sports Media: From Strategic Distancing to Strategic Acceptance V. SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, and RESEARCH CONTEXTS 24. Queer Identities in Contexts 25. A Social Identity Perspective of LGBTQ+ Identity Development: Implications for Health and Stigma 26. The Current State of Conversion Therapy in the United States 27. Queering LGBTQ+ People in Research: Challenges and Opportunities VI. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTS 28. Theorising LGBTQ+ Identities in Organisations Queerly 29. Allyship for LGBTQ Individuals in Work Contexts 30. Identity Management of, and Organizational Support for, LGB Expatriates: Challenges and Recommendations 31. LGBTQ Entrepreneurship: Balancing the Tension Between Emancipation and Counter-Participation 32. Considering the Relationship Between LGBTQ Alcoholism, Addiction and Recovery, and Career Development 33. Breaking the Mold or Making the Mold? LGBTQ Employee Networks and the Managerialist Agenda 34. Keep Your Head Down: Dysfunctional Leadership and Its Impact on LGTBQ+ Employees 35. Bullying of LGBTQ Faculty in Academia: A Real-Life Challenge Informed by the Literature 36. Walking a Queer Life: Perspectives on Fear, Hope, and Resistance