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LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education

Education is a critical component to a tolerant, accepting, and developed world for the LGBTQ community, as it is for society as a whole. The leaders in higher education are important participants to achieving acceptance of diversity. They encourage gay academics to aspire to positions of leadership and push educational institutions to include issues of sexual diversity in their policies and programs.

This is most noticeable in advanced western democracies. The pursuit is more challenging in developing and less liberal countries because many of them view schools of higher education, and their concept of freedom of expression combined with teacher tenure, to be anathema to their centralized and rigid system of government.

We have identified a number of LGBTQ leaders in higher educational institutions around the world. In the United States, the group LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education has been formed as an interest group to advance the discussion of LGBTQ issues in the field.

Many universities and colleges around the world have incorporated programs which examine issues of sexual diversity across a broad spectrum of disciplines. These include law, medicine, social work, literature and poetry, business studies, sociology, theatre and film studies, and so on. The success of these programs depends materially on the support of the leadership of the educational institution.

Much needs to be done, but these LGBTQ leaders are tremendous advocates and leaders for diversity.

• Donald Ainslie, Canada, University College, University of Toronto
• Terry Allison, United States, Indiana State University South Bend
• Manabi Bandyopadhyay, India, Krishnaga Women's College
• Nancy Barcelo, United States, Northern New Mexico College
• Joe Bertolino, United States, Lyndon State College
• Susan Borrego, United States, University of Michigan Flint
• Trenda Boyum-Breen, United States, Rasmussen College
• Sean Buffington, United States, University of the Arts
• Mark Burstein, United States, Lawrence University
• Allan Cahoon, Canada, Royal Roads University
• Brian Casey, United States, Colgate University
• Christopher Cassirer, United States, Northwestern Health Sciences University
• Ana Mari Cauce, United States, University of Washington (Seattle)
• Marge Connelly, United States, Longwood University
• David Wain Coon, United States, Marin Community College
• Raymond Crossman, United States, Adler School of Professional Psychology
• Denice Denton, United States, University of California at Santa Cruz
• Matthew Derr, United States, Sterling College
• Sara Diamond, Canada, OCAD University
• Margaret Drugovich, United States, Hartwick College
• Erika Endrijonas, United States, Los Angeles Valley College
• Kristin Esterberg, United States, SUNY Potsdam
• James Gandre, United States, Manhattan School of Music
• Susan Henking, United States, Shimer College
• Ralph Hexter, United States, Hampshire College
• Richard Hopper, United States, Kennebec Valley Community College
• Michael Hoyle, United States, McIntosh College
• Anne Huot, United States, Keene State University
• John Balester Jenkins, United States, Illinois Institute of Art
• Theodora J. Kalikow, United States, University of Southern Maine
• James Kelly, United States, Menlo College
• Bruce Kidd, Canada, Principal of University of Toronto Scarborough College
• Neal King, United States, Antioch University
• Raynard S. Kington, United States, Grinnell College
• Wade MacLauchlan, Canada, University of Prince Edward Island
• Vijayraja Mallika, India, Saraj International
• Biddy Martin, United States, Amherst College
• Carolyn Martin, United States, Amherst College
• Les McCabe, United States, University of Virginia
• Stephen McClatchie, Canada, Huron College at University of Western Ontario
• Gail Mellow, United States, LaGuardia Community College
• Charles Middleton, United States, Roosevelt University
• Thomas Minar, United States, Franklin College
• Tullise A. Murdoch, United States, Antioch University
• Kathleen Murray, United States, Whitman College
• Mel Netzhammer, Washington State University Vancouver
• Richard Ortner, United States, Boston Conservatory
• Rebecca Ann Parker, United States, Starr King School for the Ministry
• DeRionne Pollard, United States, Montgomery College
• Mac Powell, United States, Bastyr University
• Katherine Ragsdale, United States, Episcopal Divinity School
• Chris Reber, United States, Community College of Beaver County
• John Reith, Great Britain, Glasgow University
• Colin Riordan, Great Britain, Cardiff University
• Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, Great Britain, New Model in Technology and Engineering (NMiTE) University
• Scott Harms Rose, United States, Institute for Clinical Social Work
• Nancy Roseman, United States, Dickinson College
• Felice Nudelman, United States, Antioch University
• George Santiago Jr., United States, Briarcliffe College
• Dominic Shellard, Great Britain, De Montfort University
• Charlita Shelton, United States, University of the Rockies
• Alan Shepard, Canada, Concordia University
• Donald Straney, United States, University of Hawaii at Hilo
• Regina Stanback Stroud, United States, Skyline College
• Dustin Swanger, United States, Fulton-Montgomery Community College
• John J. Sygielski, United States, Harrisburg Area Community College
• Michael Tarko, Canada, Justice Institute of British Columbia
• Sandi Toksvig, Great Britain, University of Portsmouth
• Lord Waheed Alli, Great Britain, De Montfort University
• James Warwick, United States, Theatre of the Arts
• Karen Whitney, United States, Clarion University

See Also

• Academics Specializing in the History of the LGBTQ Community
• LGBTQ Librarians and Archivists
• Queer Theorists

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/09/gayprez#sthash.MvvJMzxx.qlYEyXoh.dpbs
• http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/invisible-gays-in-top-roles-well-have-to-see-about-that/418637.article
• http://www.lgbtqpresidents.org/

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