What obstacles can GLBTQ students face in a college classroom?
• Recent research on the GLBTQ student experience at a major research university shows as much as 25 percent of students felt that their professors were “insensitive” to their needs, with 12 percent noting that their “instructors were very intolerant.” • Over 60 percent of students indicated that their courses marginalized or neglected GLBTQ texts, issues, and culture. • And GLBTQ students were more likely than their straight-identified classmates to feel that their instructors “ignored their comments and questions.” • More than 50 percent of GLBTQ students said they were uncomfortable outing themselves to a professor “because they feared negative consequences.” • Because it can reinforce myths, stereotypes, prejudicial thinking, and even invisibility, sexual bias can undermine the education of both GLBTQ and heterosexual students. • Overcoming Bias Against GLBT Students www.multiculturalcenter.osu.
