An Intersectional Love Story: When Gender, Culture, and Sexuality Meet

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Author(s): Joël D. Dickinson (Laurentian University, Canada)and Carla A. John (Cambrian College, Canada)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 10
Source title: Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Taima Moeke-Pickering (Laurentian University, Canada), Sheila Cote-Meek (Brock University, Canada)and Ann Pegoraro (Laurentian University, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3618-6.ch012

Keywords: Gender and Diversity / Information Science Reference / Political Science / Social Sciences & Humanities

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As a lesbian couple working in academia, you might imagine that the authors have similar experiences. However, once you add race and ethnicity to the mix, the equation changes beyond measure. This chapter will focus on the different paths that two lesbians take to leadership positions in academia. Often referring to ourselves as “professionally gay,” the authors tell their stories from “slightly” different lenses: the White woman with a PhD who moved to a rural town for a tenure-track position and the Black woman with a Master's degree who took positions such as “assistant to the administrative assistant.”

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