Queer Up Your Work: Adding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity to Public and Nonprofit Research
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https://doi.org/10.20899/jpna.8.1.145-156Keywords:
LGBTQ, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Research MethodsAbstract
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual plus (LGBTQIA+) communities are underrepresented in public and nonprofit affairs research. This has led to an incomplete picture of how public and nonprofit organizations can better support LGBTQIA+ individuals and communities. In this article, we discuss how researchers can include the LGBTQIA+ community, why they should care about this community, and the appropriate terminology and distinctions within the LGBTQIA+ community. This article is a call to arms: LGBTQIA+ individuals are an important part of the work in the public and nonprofit sector; and as such the language used to describe their experiences should be supportive and affirming.
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