THE IMPACT OF ANTI-DEI LEGISLATION ON LGBTQ+ FACULTY in Higher Education

CHANGES TO HOW I TEACH CERTAIN TOPICS I am very careful about how I introduce topics in my courses … the topics of “gender” and “sexuality” appear relatively early in the textbook … [but] I wait until the last third of the semester to cover these topics until I have established a level of trust with my students [which] … has helped reduce the number of complaints parents have filed with my departm. [...] Students have threatened to report me to an authority at my institution 8 9.5% I have had students report me to my department chair and threaten to go to the Dean or Provost because my teaching is “one-sided”or has a “progressive spin.” Resistance to Having Teaching and Research Impacted In their survey responses, some participants emphasized their resistance to complying with pressures to adapt t. [...] I regularly check in with the dean of my college to make sure I am still protected, and I have to work extra hard to defend/get some of my research approved … The threat of ending up on the news is always looming over me. [...] BROADER IMPACTS ON DEI INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS When asked to elaborate in an open-ended manner on how recent anti-DEI legislative threats and shifts had impacted their life as faculty members, participants described a range of other impacts besides their teaching and research, including changes to faculty hiring and graduate student admissions, changes to or the closure of DEI initiatives and pro. [...] The Impact of Anti-DEI Legislation on LGBTQ+ Faculty in Higher Education | 27 N % IMPACT OF NATIONAL CLIMATE I haven’t felt impacted by the legislation specific to my state but have felt extremely fatigued and stressed by the amount of anti-queer and anti-trans legislation being introduced throughout the U.