Preface / Susan Hillock and Nick J. Mulé

Introduction / Susan Hillock

Part 1: From Absence to Presence – Queers Positioning Themselves in Social Work

1 A Queer History / Susan Hillock

2 Broadening Theoretical Horizons: Liberating Queer in Social Work Academe / Nick J. Mulé

3 Queer and Trans Collisions in the Classroom: A Call to Throw Open Theoretical Doors in Social Work Education / Jake Pyne

4 Social Work, the Academy, and Queer Communities: Heteronormativity and Exclusion / Susan Hillock

Part 2: Coming Out and the Academic Closet – Rainbow Narratives

5 Feminist and Queer Rights: The Lived and Living Experience of Queer Social Work Faculty / Norma Jean Profitt and Brenda Richard

6 Constructing Alternatives: Reflections on Heterosexism in Social Work Education / Karolyn Martin and Robyn Lippett

7 Coming Out with God in Social Work? Narrative of a Queer Religious Woman in Academe / Maryam Khan

8 Challenging Transmisogyny: From the Classroom to Social Work Practice / Jade Pichette

Part 3: The Queering Project – Gender and Sexual Diversity in Social Work Education

9 Oh Canada: LGBTQ Students and Campus Climates in Canadian Social Work Programs / Shelley L. Craig, Lauren B. McInroy, and Christopher Doiron

10 Opening Theory: Polyamorous Ethics as a Queering Inquiry in the Social Work Classroom / Becky Idems

11 Social Work Education: Exploring Pitfalls and Promises in Teaching about Black Queer Older Adults / Delores V. Mullings

12 Queering Space in Social Work: How Simcoe County Has Moved from Queerful to Queerious / Jan Yorke, Ligaya Byrch, Marlene Ham, Matthew Craggs, and Tanya Shute

Conclusion / Nick J. Mulé

Index