Conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 3
5. From Absence to Presence – Queers Positioning Themselves in Social Work
6. A Queer History 17
7. Broadening Theoretical Horizons: Liberating Queer in Social Work Academe 36
8. Queer and Trans Collisions in the Classroom: A Call to Throw Open Theoretical Doors in Social Work Education 54
9. Social Work, the Academy, and Queer Communities: Heteronormativity and Exclusion 73
10. Coming Out and the Academic Closet – Rainbow Narratives
11. Feminist and Queer Rights: The Lived and Living Experience of Queer Social Work Faculty 93
12. Constructing Alternatives: Reflections on Heterosexism in Social Work Education 111
13. Coming Out with God in Social Work? Narrative of a Queer Religious Woman in Academe 130
14. Challenging Transmisogyny: From the Classroom to Social Work Practice 148
15. The Queering Project – Gender and Sexual Diversity in Social Work Education
16. Oh Canada: LGBTQ Students and Campus Climates in Canadian Social Work Programs 163
17. Opening Theory: Polyamorous Ethics as a Queering Inquiry in the Social Work Classroom 185
18. Social Work Education: Exploring Pitfalls and Promises in Teaching about Black Queer Older Adults 205
19. Queering Space in Social Work: How Simcoe County Has Moved from Queerful to Queerious 227
20. Conclusion 246
21. Contributors 251
22. Index 256