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GUIDANCE FROM THE RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE

I. LGBTQ Issues in Music Education
  • Bergonzi, L. (2009). Sexual orientation and music education: Continuing a tradition. Music Educators Journal, 96(2), 21–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0027432109350929
  • Bergonzi, L. (2015). Gender and sexual diversity challenges (for socially just) music education. In C. Benedict, P. Schmidt, G. Spruce, & P. Woodford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Justice in Music Education (pp. 221–237). New York,  NY: Oxford University Press. 
  • Palkki, J., & Caldwell, P. (2018). “We are often invisible”: A survey on safe space for LGBTQ students in secondary school choral programs. Research Studies in Music Education, 40(1), 28–49. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X17734973
  • Southerland, W. (2018). The rainbow connection: How music classrooms create safe spaces for sexual-minority young people. Music Educators Journal, 104(3), 40–45.
II. Issues of Gay "Males" (Tenors and Basses) and Masculinity in Choir
  • Koza, J. E. (1993b). The “missing males” and other gender issues in music education: Evidence from the “Music Supervisors’ Journal,” 1914-1924. Journal of Research in Music Education, 41(3), 212–232. https://doi.org/10.2307/3345326
  • McBride, N. R. (2016). Singing, sissies, and sexual identity: How LGBTQ choral directors negotiate gender discourse. Music Educators Journal, 102(4), 36–40. https://doi.org/10.1177/0027432116644653
  • Palkki, J. (2015). Gender Trouble: Males, adolescents, and masculinity in the choral context. Choral Journal, 56(4), 24–35.
III. Lesbian Issues in Choral Music
  • No known studies/articles. 
IV. Bisexual Issues in Choir
  • No known studies/articles. 
V. LGB Choir Teachers
  • Minette, S. (2018). “Do I really want to do this now?” Negotiations of sexual identity and professional identity: An intergenerational collaboration with six gay and lesbian K-12 music educators. PhD dissertation. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 
  • McBride, N. R. (2016). Critical moments: Gay male choral directors and the taking up of gender discourse. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 207-208, 63–79. https://doi.org/10.5406/bulcouresmusedu.207-208.0063
  • Palkki, J. (2015). “Negotiating the closet door”: The lived experiences of two gay music teachers. Visions of Research in Music Education, 26. http://www-usr.rider.edu/~vrme/v26n1/visions/Palkki_Negotiating_Closet_Door.pdf
​VI. Misc.
  • Silveira, J. M., & Goff, S. C. (2016). Music Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Transgender Students and Supportive School Practices. Journal of Research in Music Education, 64(2), 138–158. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022429416647048