"You make me erect!": Queer girls of color negotiating heteronormative leadership at an urban all-girls' public school

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 31-47

  Quinn, Therese M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Charter schools; Educational policy gay straight alliances; Gender; Girls' school; Heteronormativity; Leadership; Lesbian youth; Queer youth; Teacher employment; Urban eduaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548483191     PISSN: 15410889     EISSN: 15410870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J367v04n03_04     Document Type: Article

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