Novice LGBTQ+ Scholars’ Practices in Writing for Scholarly Publication

Sharon McCulloch is a senior lecturer in language and education in the School of Psychology and Humanities at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. Her research interests lie in EAP and academic literacies, especially how second language student writers learn to write and the ways in which institutional and social contexts, including gender and geolinguistic status, affect professional academic writers.

• ContentsList of Contributors1. About scholarly publication and early-career LGBTQ+ scholarsSharon McCullochSECTION 1: Challenges and solutions 2. Fighting for authenticity along the LGBTQ+ journey towards scholarly publication: Is it time for a queering of academic literacies? Micky Ross3. Blooming with Brazilian queer studies: Reflecting on experiences of co-authoring and publishing with LGBTQ+ academicsLuan Carpes Barros Cassal 4. The perpetuation of heteropatriarchal dynamics in scholarly gatekeeping: Analysing reviewers’ feedback from the perspective of LGBTQ+ early-career scholarsHelena Torres-Purroy and Sònia Mas-Alcolea5. Marginalising the marginalised: Challenges of embarking on LGBTQ+-related research for publicationJamie David Hopkin and Victoria Barnett-Simpson6. Support networks and open discussions about academic publishing: Dealing with difficult data and (potential) collaboratorsFrazer HeritageSECTION 2: Visibility and intersectionality 7. Living straight, writing queer: Experiences with academic publishing as a closeted Indian womanArunima Theraja8. Coming out as queer: Troubling the strictures for early-career researchers in academic publishingTierney Marey9. Researching and publishing on African sexualities: Methods and challengesZanele Nyoni-Wood10. Academic publishing as a novice lesbian scholar: An intersectional experienceMabel Encinas11. Conclusion and final thoughtsSharon McCullochIndex