The distinct nature of LGBTQ+ Leadership in Education is often misunderstood, overlooked, and undervalued. This groundbreaking book explores the contributions and transformative potential of LGBTQ+ educational leaders, weaving together personal stories, strategic insights, and critical analysis. Across job functions, contexts, and career stages, it explores the challenges, priorities, and contributions of LGBTQ+ leaders—including educators with multiple marginalised identities.

Ever wonder what it would be like to leave your room after being there for a very long time? Better yet, ever wonder what it would be like to leave your house without your parents, an older person or guardian? Would you dare to travel…OUT OF THIS WORLD??? If so, let’s begin… Imagine the mirror becoming an entry way! Better yet, travelling with your friends to different parts of the…hmmm…can’t really say world, but just different parts that are magical, adventurous and also very dangerous. ...

A practical and accessible guide that researchers will draw on time and time again, The Guide to LGBTQ+ Research has at its heart, a commitment to inclusivity. Following the conventions of a doctoral thesis and drawing on the expertise of almost 40 contributors from the field of LGBTQ+ research, this guide offers invaluable support to anyone undertaking research with LGBTQ+ participants.Sharing examples of good practice from those with experience of researching the LGBTQ+ ...

Pretended is a vivid historical, political and cultural account of schools and teaching under Section 28, a law that banned schools in the UK from promoting homosexuality as a 'pretended family relationship'.Catherine Lee was a teacher in schools for each of the 15 years that Section 28 was law (between 1988 and 2003). In Pretended, she considers the landscape for lesbian and gay teachers leading up to, during and after Section 28. Drawing on her diary entries fro...

This edited volume looks at the reproduction and transformation of family norms in contemporary times. Set against a context of far-right politics calling for a return to more conservative identity politics and family norms, and building on late 20th century social movements which challenged essentialist and functionalist understandings of identities and families, it considers a variety of non-traditional family structures.Written by scholars based in Argentina, Ghana, Italy, Portu...

We are all at our most effective when we can be ourselves at work, but more than half of LGBT teachers hide their sexual identity within their school workplace. For LGBT teachers, vigilance, concealment and assimilation, take a great deal of energy, on top of what is already a very demanding job. This book is essential reading for any LGBT teacher aspiring to succeed as their authentic self. It will also be of interest to Headteachers and other education leaders seeking to make their schoo...

Focusing on the ports, dockyards and garrison towns of Kent, this study examines the social and economic factors that could cause a woman to turn to prostitution, and how such women were policed.

Sydney, Australia. Charlie Cooper needs more time with his family. With his transfer out of homicide to a quieter station fast approaching, the weary detective's only regret is the decade-long serial killer case he couldn't crack. But when he's called to one last murder scene, Cooper can't believe the victim is the perp he's been chasing for years. Certain the sociopath's latest abductee still lives, the desperate cop races to find her before the clock runs out. But with her journalist hus...

A woman goes out for groceries. She never comes back. And the man demanding answers just might be the one hiding the truth. Detective Bonnie Hunter is supposed to be taking a break. After a domestic violence call-out ended in tragedy, she’s sidelined, angry – and haunted by what she couldn’t prevent. But when a young Sydney woman disappears from a quiet holiday town, a former mentor pulls Bonnie back in. Just take a look, he says. Tell me what you see. Juliet Keller is missing. Her car's p...

Her new life wasn't supposed to begin with a murder ... Widow Addison Lake needs to laugh again. To live again. Moving to Getaway Bay and fixing up the rundown beach house into a bed and breakfast should be just the ticket. But the dream of a fresh start quickly becomes a nightmare when her cousin's art gallery catches fire – and a body is found in the ashes. The bristly local detective needs an arrest, and Addison must act fast to prove her cousin's innocence. But between the beach house ...

For FBI Special Agent Eden Cross, returning to Adamstown isn't a homecoming – it's a reckoning. Still haunted by the night Morgan disappeared without a trace, Eden has spent too many days chasing ghosts. But now, human remains have surfaced in the abandoned Raven's Lake Mine, and Eden is done waiting for answers. Lurking in the shadows is a predator known as The Collector – meticulous, patient and always watching. For years, he has hunted in silence, choosing his victims carefully. And now...

A young life cut short. A teammate in mourning. And a detective running on empty. When football star Jimmy Dallas is found dead from an apparent overdose, Detective Charlie Cooper's first instinct is doubt. The kid had talent, discipline, and a future – and people like that don't just give up. Not without help. Jimmy's best mate, Joel Maguire, refuses to believe it was suicide. But grief can blur reason, and the pressure of finals football isn't the only weight Joel's carrying. As Cooper a...