Case Study: Outness Among Queer and Trans Students of Color

From: Garvey, J. C., Mobley, S. D., Summerville, K. S. & Moore, G. T. (2019) Queer and trans* students of Color: Navigating identity disclosure and college contexts. Journal of Higher education, 90(1) 150-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2018.1449081

In this paper, the authors explore the outness and identity disclosure for queer and trans students of Color in college context. Their data came from an online survey that was distributed via email and social media, targeting college graduates who were LGBTQ. For this Paper, their analysis focused on students of Color. The full study involves quantitative analysis as well as qualitative analysis of the narrative data from participants. The focus of the ANOVA analysis was to determine if there were differences in levels of outness between the various racial identities among queer and trans students of color. in the qualitative analysis the authors seek to understand those differences and the social and institutional conditions that surround decisions about gender and sexual identity disclosure for students of color.

the researchers here were trying to address the following question with their analysis: Where there significant differences in levels out outness between students of Color based on racial identity (Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Latinx, and multiracial)?

In your narrative report,

• Are any follow up tests necessary? (If so what are the results?)
• What can we say about the group differences? Were there any?