Fred P. Spano The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Title: LGBTQ Individuals’ Lived Experiences of High School Music Participation Abstract: Diversity training for preservice music teachers—indeed, all preservice teachers—intends to foster understanding issues of equality, fairness, socioeconomic status, and…
Jace Kaholokula Saplan University of Miami Title: Decolonizing LGBT: Indigenous Music Education And Hawaiʻi’s Māhū Community Abstract: While the recognition and advocacy of queer rights have created outlets of social change for many privileged white bodies, there remains a silenced…
Jared R. Rawlings Stetson University Dorothy L. Espelage University of Illinois Title: Examining Homophobic Name-calling and Mental Health Indicators with Adolescent Youth Abstract: Victims of homophobic name-calling are at risk for increased mental health problems. Furthermore, student music ensemble membership…
Jared R. Rawlings Stetson University Bruce Carter Florida International University Title: Foreshadowing Future LGBT2Q2I Research In Music Education and Advancing a Research Trajectory Abstract: Legal, social, and policy changes in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people…
Jerry Pergolesi University of Toronto Title: Nothing to Say and Saying It: Queer Silence in New Music Scenes Abstract: In contrast to arts practices such as theatre, dance and literature, queer presence is conspicuously absent in new music (20th/21st Century…
Joshua Palkki Michigan State University Dane Figueroa Edidi Transwomen of Color Collective (TWOCC) Title: Transcending keys. Musician, Trans Woman, Advocate: The Musical Life of Lady Dane Abstract: Recent years have seen progress toward equal rights for members of the LGBTQ…
Sarah Minette Arizona State University Title: The Lived Experiences of Two Gay Music Educators: A Comparative Case Study Abstract: Gender and sexuality research in music education is a recent area of study that has become more accepted and encouraged at…
Nicholas McBride Columbia University Title: Masculinity and Music Class: Negotiating Gender Discourse in the Choral Classroom Abstract: Gender and sexual orientation have been examined in relation to male student’s perceptions of singing and participation in school choir programs (Adler, 2002;…
miroslav pavle manovski Birmingham Public Schools Emma Joy Jampole University of Wisconsin-Madison Title: The Me We’re Supposed to Be: Prodding Gender and Sex-Entity Justice Amid the Guise of Diversity and Inclusion in Music Education Abstract: As narrative inquirers work to…
Rita K. Kissen University of Southern Maine Title: Singing For Our Lives: Lessons From the LGBT Choral Movement Abstract: On November 27, 1978, thousands of people gathered in front of San Francisco’s City Hall in an impromptu memorial service for…