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{"title":"Exploring Experiences of Safety With LGBTQ+ Newcomers in Calgary, Alberta","authors":"Thomas Tri,&nbsp;Ajwang' Warria","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and gender and sexual diverse (LGBTQ+) newcomers arrive in Canada, a country renowned as a “safe haven” for those escaping anti-LGBTQ+ policies. Despite Canada's reputation, notions of safety are not guaranteed as LGBTQ+ newcomers continue to face systems of oppression as they navigate their new country of residence. Drawing from the feminist affect literature, this study sought to understand how LGBTQ+ newcomers navigate and perceive safety. This study employed an arts-based method called participatory community mapping as well as semistructured interviews to explore six participants' experiences in Calgary, Canada. The findings of this study suggest the complex and vast experiences of LGBTQ+ newcomers upon settlement. LGBTQ+ newcomers face various challenges, such as discrimination, and navigating cultural differences alongside new systems. While adverse experiences were identified, participants also described spaces that elicit a sense of safety. Entering spaces free of judgment, where one can feel authentic to oneself, and fostering community and a sense of belonging, are critical facets of experiencing safety. Several mechanisms were employed to navigate safety, including concealing one's identity, avoiding diasporic communities, or trusting one's instinct. Feeling safe is not static and inherent in various spaces, but rather, requires complex negotiations with other people and considerations for one's LGBTQ+ identity.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"2 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143115494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Monolingual Campus and the Bilingual Campus: Ideological Debates on the Management of Language Diversity at Two Dutch Universities","authors":"Jos Swanenberg,&nbsp;Massimiliano Spotti","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70010","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rooted in a neo-liberal market approach that associates a monetary value to graduate students' numbers, since 2010 Dutch universities have had to adapt, adopt and implement language policy measures making them go global, based on the motto ‘the more international, the better’. Dutch higher education institutions, students and employees have then found themselves projected either in mandatory bilingual environments (Dutch English) or monolingual environments (English only). With the above backdrop in mind, our study first examines the discourse practices contained in language diversity policies that have been issued, authored and authorized by two universities, a technical one and a non-technical one both located in the North Brabant region. From there, we explore the discourse practices issued against anglicisation of higher education championed by institutional bodies to safeguard the status of Dutch language as opposed to those voices from sociolinguistics who stand in favour of multilingualism. The discourse analysis of the recent political, mediatic and public debates about English-Dutch bilingualism or English-only monolingualism in higher education has led to a tumultuous language policing U-turn. Such a turn has culminated with two measures: (1) consisting of reinstating the Dutch language as the language of higher education asking and (2) having universities to justify why an English language-based educational pathway should be kept in place. Contrary to common rhetoric that portrays the Netherlands as a tolerant Country toward any form of diversity, the examined discourses issued at the governmental level seem to favour a Dutch-only language approach, that while legitimate, results based on Herderian notions of: national belonging, safeguarding the indigenous student population while stressing the need to integrate the foreign ‘other’ through learning Dutch either before arrival or during their higher education pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143113404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Counternarratives to Linguistic Privileging and Invisibility: Community Translingualism as a Mechanism for Resourcefulness","authors":"Toni Dobinson,&nbsp;Sally Lamping,&nbsp;Stephanie Dryden,&nbsp;Julian Chen,&nbsp;Paul Mercieca,&nbsp;Sonja Kuzich","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 <p>There is significant pressure on translingual communities, who draw upon and blend all the linguistic and semiotic resources with which they have come into contact (i.e., language, material objects, the built environment) to navigate linguistically inaccessible infrastructures in their new setting. We examined the role language plays within one Local Government Area (LGA) in Western Australia via a larger Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR) project; re-visiting the politics of resourcefulness and focusing on examples of linguistic privileging and linguistic invisibility.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 <p>The overall study included an initial needs analysis survey which enabled critical conversations around identified problems. These were further unpacked through data collected via interviews/focus groups; shadowing community leaders and LGA/not-for-profit employees in their contexts. This offered opportunities to document how stakeholders navigated or resolved known problems. The data was analysed iteratively and thematically to inform and expand conversations around potential collaborative efforts.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 <p>This article focuses on the analysis of interview and focus group data in one LGA which highlighted systematised linguistic privileging of individuals who speak certain forms of English, and the rendering of community languages as invisible by the system. In response communities created resourceful spaces where collaborative semiosis licensed collective meaning making through the community's full spatial and translingual resources, enabling access to resources, utilisation of community-generated skills, sharing of local knowledge and fostering of recognition for individuals as agents in civic life, countering the linguistic invisibility they experienced.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 <p>For institutions, such as LGAs, to catch up with communities, they need to recognise and sustain community translingualism as an essential resource. Our article outlines a viable framework for dismantling linguistic privileging and invisibility in favour of sharing language responsibility with translingual communities.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143112966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Who Is Queer Enough for Queer Research?: The Issue of Absence Within Queer Research","authors":"Dominik Drabent,&nbsp;Maya Wenzel","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although the inclusion of queer people in research—as well as the application of queer research methods and methodologies that some call queer research—has been on the rise, too often, certain voices are not heard. Not all groups of people who fall under the umbrella term of “queer” are included in queer research. By looking at the examples of asexuality and queer Muslims in this paper, we offer some insights on how people in these groups are often absent in queer research and how cis-heteronormativity alongside compulsory sexuality, allonormativity, homonationalism and homocapitalism operates within queer communities and queer research, with exclusion often being the result. Through the utilization of intersectional feminism, transnational feminism, and queer of color critique as our methodological approach, we show how these experiences stand exemplary for the absence of some queer communities from queer research. Furthermore, such a methodological approach can assist us to understand the role of cis-heteronormativity in queer research and what we can do to become more inclusive when undertaking queer research projects.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143112492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace: The Lived Experiences of Singaporean LGBTQ+ Individuals","authors":"Wen Zhi Ng,&nbsp;Daryl W. J. Yang,&nbsp;Deryne Sim,&nbsp;Jhermayne Ubalde,&nbsp;Kerith Conron,&nbsp;Rayner Kay Jin Tan","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fostering diversity and inclusivity in the workplace is crucial for staying competitive, yet discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression (SOGIE) remains prevalent. This study aims to investigate experiences of workplace discrimination and harassment among LGBTQ+ individuals in Singapore to inform policy discussions about extending protections to LGBTQ+ workers under the forthcoming Workplace Fairness Legislation. Through an exploratory cross-sectional survey conducted across March 2023 to August 2023, data were collected from 409 Singaporeans SOGIE minorities between 18 and 85 years old who had ever been employed in Singapore. Statistical analysis was carried out using statistical software STATA version 18, where bivariable (Pearson's chi-square tests) and multivariable (logistic regression and multivariable linear regression) techniques were used. Over half of participants (<i>n</i> = 208, 50.85%) experienced some form of workplace discrimination or harassment. In multivariable analyses, compared to their Chinese counterparts, Malay participants were more likely to experience discrimination (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] = 2.51, confidence interval [CI] 1.05, 5.96) and Indian participants were more likely to experience harassment (aOR = 3.22, CI = 1.39, 7.49). Transgender (aOR = 5.71, CI = 2.25, 14.54) and gender-diverse (aOR = 3.33, CI = 1.80, 6.16) participants had higher odds of experiencing discrimination or harassment compared to cisgender participants. Empirical studies have shown that legislation is effective in reducing prejudice and discrimination, as well as improving sentiment toward the LGBTQ+ community. In the absence of national legislation, consistently applied company policies are also able to reduce perceived discrimination and improve work attitudes among LGBTQ+ employees. Furthermore, fostering an inclusive culture that is embraced at all levels of the organization has been discovered to be a key tool in creating a supportive workplace environment. Overall, a comprehensive approach that integrates national legislation, supportive company policies, and cultural change would have an enormous impact on the many LGBTQ+ Singaporeans who experience workplace discrimination and harassment.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142851344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Political Opportunity, Threats, Strategies of LGBT+ Student Movement in China","authors":"Jingjing Huang","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The LGBT+ student movement in China started in 2006 when the first LGBT+ student group was formed. It flourished after 2012, growing from fewer than 10 groups in 2012 to over 50 by 2018. Meanwhile, Xi Jinping's presidency in 2012 marked a significant political turning point. Subsequently, the party-state tightened its control on power by suppressing civil society and civic engagement. Therefore, this political context had a substantial impact on the strategic decisions made by the LGBT+ student movement in China, requiring activists to adopt a less confrontational form of activism. This article explores the strategies adopted by the LGBT+ student movement in China between 2012 and 2022 and examines how the sociopolitical context has influenced these strategies and shaped the movement. Based on eight interviews with student activists and NGO staff, this study focusses on the evolving strategies of student groups over the last decade, categorizing this decade into three distinct phases. The first phase (2012–2015) saw a variety of advocacy rights activities taking place. In the second phase (2015–2019), education emerged as the primary strategy. Finally, the third phase (2019–2022) centered around community support, driven by the group's need for survival in the post-COVID era. I argue that although the state and universities employed soft strategies such as discipline and censorship to influence the political opportunity structure, forcing student activists to self-censor and emphasize community support over mobilization, activists still possess agency. They propel the movement forward by integrating activism into community support and everyday resistance. Theoretically, this paper contributes to the field of research on youth social movements, authoritarianism, and LGBT+ social movements by adopting a political opportunity structure framework for analyzing the structure of political assemblies and exploring how student activists, as powerless underdogs, interact with universities and the state.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142762073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining Multi-Sector Women-Only Leadership Development Programmes: A Scoping Review of Recruitment Processes, Design and Instruction Methods, Content and Outcomes","authors":"Rob Sayers-Brown,&nbsp;T. Alexandra Beauregard,&nbsp;Rachel Lewis,&nbsp;Joanna Yarker","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Organisations are recognising that more needs to be done to support female talent. One response to this is women-only leadership development programmes (WLDPs). To date, no scoping review has previously been conducted to examine the design and outcomes of these programmes. The purpose of the present review was therefore to bring together current knowledge of these interventions. In June 2022, a scoping review of the academic literature was performed using Business Source Premier (EBSCO), PsycINFO and SCOPUS, resulting in 13 articles meeting the inclusion criteria. Findings indicate encouraging signs that these programmes support women's development through incorporating intersectionality and positive psychology theories, as well as curricula on networking, conflict management and career planning. Whilst the specifics about the design and delivered content of these theories are unclear, their inclusion appears to lead participants in the reviewed WLDPs to report increased self-awareness, clarity of purpose and enhanced feelings of authenticity. This review also raises questions regarding the rigour of the selection methods by which participants are given access to the programmes, and the transparent reporting of the design and delivery methodologies. Further, research directions and implications for both theory and practice are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142641415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Somos Tejas: A Narrative Project to Document the College Experiences of First-Generation Latinx Students","authors":"María Irene Moyna,&nbsp;Gabriela C. Zapata","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study reports on a project that collected and documented narrative reflections of first-generation Latinx students at a large Research 1 public university in the US southwest. The team (2 faculty members and 4 undergraduates) interviewed 23 students (20 undergraduate and 3 graduate) on topics including family, community, sense of belonging in their institution and major experiences as first-generation students, future goals, and advice and recommendations for others. Their responses were analyzed with a modified version of Garriott's (2020) Critical Cultural Wealth Model, with the help of the software MAXQDA. The first important takeaway is that undergraduate and graduate students had different perceptions, with the latter respondents expressing more critical views. The second finding was that several institutional resources were highly effective in achieving students’ integration, including culturally congruent organizations and traditions. That said, participants also experienced academic dissonance navigating the financial and academic complexities of college life, which led to feelings of isolation, marginalization, and tokenization. The final takeaway is that students turned to support from their families and communities to overcome challenges, which suggests that measures to integrate family and school will benefit these students.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"1 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Student Resources and Retention Among Transgender and Nonbinary College Students","authors":"Miriam Liss,&nbsp;Talyn Derflinger,&nbsp;Laura Wilson","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Transgender and nonbinary (TNB) college students are more likely to drop out of college than their cisgender peers. While robust previous literature has focused on individually experienced stressors, this paper looks at the structural supports offered by the institution. One hundred and fifty-four TNB college students were asked about the resources available on their campuses, their sense of safety on campus, and whether they intended to drop out of college. Campus resources and supports were associated with a greater sense of safety, and in turn, less of a desire to drop out of college. Some resources such as a nondiscrimination policy that includes gender identity, LGBTQ+ student organizations, all-gender bathrooms, an LGBTQ+ resource center, and a policy allowing nonlegal name changes on official documents were more frequently reported by participants as available, while other resources such as gender inclusive housing and appropriate health services were perceived as less available. However, there was wide variability in the availability of resources. The present study suggests that TNB inclusion policies and practices should be of high priority for higher education institutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"1 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142313324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Marriage as an Argument for Energy Poverty Reduction: The Moderating Role of Financial Inclusion","authors":"Simplice A. Asongu,&nbsp;Amarachi O. Ogbonna,&nbsp;Mariette C. N. Mete","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.70001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present research extends the extant literature by investigating the hypothesis on whether marriage can be a substitute for financial inclusion in energy poverty reduction in Ghana. Pooled data and two-stage least-squares techniques are used in the estimation process; the validity of the tested hypothesis (i.e., that marriage is a substitute for financial inclusion in energy poverty mitigation) is based on three main criteria: (i) a positive interactive effect relative to the negative unconditional effect of marriage; (ii) a marriage net effect lower in magnitude compared to the unconditional effect of marriage; and (iii) an insignificant interactive effect when both unconditional effects are negative. The investigated hypothesis is not valid in the full sample, urban subsample, and female subsample while it is valid in the rural and male subsamples. Policy implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"1 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.70001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142234956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}