Queer Studies in English Language Education

Esteban López-Medina is an English specialist with a BA in Religion, English Studies, and a PhD in Feminist and Gender Studies, they have taught from infant school to university in Spain and Argentina, and are an Assistant Professor at UCM, with a focus on queer studies in education.Griselda Beacon, MA in literature, with 20+ years’ experience in teacher training and curriculum development, specializes in integrating literature and art in English education. She’s authored educational materials and lectures on American Literature at UBA, also consulting for NILE, UK.Mariano Quinterno is an English teacher with a postgraduate course in Education and an MA in Applied Linguistics. He's currently pursuing his PhD He teaches at various institutions in Argentina and has lectured on ELT methodology across South America.Xiana Sotelo holds a BA in English, PhD in Cultural and Literary Studies, and a master’s in Gender-Women’s Studies. She has taught at UFV and is an Assistant Professor at UCM. Her research spans Gender Studies, Ecocriticism, and Innovation in Humanities.

• ForewordSue Sanders and David ValenteAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionGriselda Beacon, Xiana Sotelo, Esteban F. López-Medina and Mariano QuinternoPART 1: Queer Origins and Destinations1 Queer Trailblazing in TESOL: The Emergence of Queer Studies in ELTCynthia D. Nelson2 Dark Clouds Gather: Queering ELT Practice in Times of Radical RiskJoshua M. PaizPART 2: The Queer Research Landscape3 Queering English Language Education: A Meta-Reflection of Research ApproachesThorsten Merse4 Gender Modality and Trans-Topics in EFL? Perspectives from the German-Language Research LandscapeJules Buendgens-KostenPART 3: Queering Materials5 The Invisibility of Queerness in EFL Textbooks in Japan: A Multimodal Discourse AnalysisKeiko Tsuchiya6 An Examination of How Anti-Queer ELT Materials Normally Are, Then Queering ThemTyson Seburn7 What Is Love? A Picturebook Ensemble to Spark LGBTQ-Inclusive English Language EducationTatia GruenbaumPART 4: A Rainbow of Experiences8 LGBTQ+ Rights in Chile: What Is ELT Doing to Acknowledge and Include the Traditionally Excluded?Michel Riquelme-Sanderson9 Socially and Culturally Responsive Language Teaching: Queering the EFL ClassroomFrancisco Javier Palacios-Hidalgo and Cristina A. Huertas-Abril10 (Re)Constructing the Sense of Self: How Dominant Discourse Shapes Queer Identity in ELT in MontevideoNicolás Melo Panigatti11 You Taught Me Stonewall Starts with a Sibilant: Dramatisations of LGBTQIA+ History and Diversity as an English Language Learning Vehicle at the University of the Balearic IslandsJuanjo Bermúdez de CastroConclusionXiana Sotelo, Mariano Quinterno, Griselda Beacon and Esteban F. López-MedinaIndex