Forging Queer Leaders: How the LGBTQIA+ Community Creates Impact from Adversity
This book is a collaborative effort with Dr. Liz Cavallaro. Liz is an adult development scholar at the US Navy War College and a professional executive coach. Forging Queer Leaders explores the nexus of LGBTQ+ identities and leadership development. It shows why embracing LGBTQ+ leaders drives enhanced outcomes for individuals and organizations. What’s missing from most academic and popular literature is how LGBTQ+ experiences such as stigmatization, coming out, and transition, build leadership skills. We will show how LGBTQ+ leaders are forged through those experiences using the lenses of cognitive and development theories. These concepts are reinforced through interviews and stories from a set of nearly 100 LGBTQ+ leaders across industries, backgrounds, and experiences. |
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WITH HONOR AND INTEGRITY: TRANSGENDER TROOPS IN THEIR OWN WORDS
From our Publisher - NYU Press
On January 25, 2021, in one of his first acts as President, Joe Biden reversed the Trump Administration’s widely condemned ban on transgender people in the military. In With Honor and Integrity, Máel Embser-Herbert and Bree Fram introduce us to the brave individuals who are on the front lines of this issue, assembling a powerful, accessible, and heartfelt collection of first-hand accounts from transgender military personnel in the United States.
Featuring twenty-six essays from current service members or veterans, these eye-opening accounts show us what it is like to serve in the military as a transgender person. From a religious affairs specialist in the Army National Guard, to a petty officer first class in the Navy, to a veteran of the Marine Corps who became “the real me” at age forty-nine, these accounts are personal, engaging, and refreshingly honest. Contributors share their experiences from before and during President Trump’s ban―what barriers they face at work, why they do or don’t choose to serve openly, and how their colleagues have treated them. Fram, a lieutenant colonel who is serving openly as a transgender woman in the US Space Force, and has advocated for open service policies, shares her experience in the aftermath of Trump’s announcement of the ban on Twitter.
Ultimately, Embser-Herbert and Fram provide an inspiring look at the past, present, and future of transgender military service. At a time when LGBTQ rights are under siege, and the opportunity to serve continues to be challenged, With Honor and Integrity is a timely and necessary read.
From our Publisher - NYU Press
On January 25, 2021, in one of his first acts as President, Joe Biden reversed the Trump Administration’s widely condemned ban on transgender people in the military. In With Honor and Integrity, Máel Embser-Herbert and Bree Fram introduce us to the brave individuals who are on the front lines of this issue, assembling a powerful, accessible, and heartfelt collection of first-hand accounts from transgender military personnel in the United States.
Featuring twenty-six essays from current service members or veterans, these eye-opening accounts show us what it is like to serve in the military as a transgender person. From a religious affairs specialist in the Army National Guard, to a petty officer first class in the Navy, to a veteran of the Marine Corps who became “the real me” at age forty-nine, these accounts are personal, engaging, and refreshingly honest. Contributors share their experiences from before and during President Trump’s ban―what barriers they face at work, why they do or don’t choose to serve openly, and how their colleagues have treated them. Fram, a lieutenant colonel who is serving openly as a transgender woman in the US Space Force, and has advocated for open service policies, shares her experience in the aftermath of Trump’s announcement of the ban on Twitter.
Ultimately, Embser-Herbert and Fram provide an inspiring look at the past, present, and future of transgender military service. At a time when LGBTQ rights are under siege, and the opportunity to serve continues to be challenged, With Honor and Integrity is a timely and necessary read.
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Reviews
Library Journal - "VERDICT A simple description can’t do justice to the beauty, elegance, and courage displayed here. Readers will want to meet and spend time with these contributors. A worthwhile collection, highly recommended for all readers."
Kirkus - Enlightening reading.
Library Journal - "VERDICT A simple description can’t do justice to the beauty, elegance, and courage displayed here. Readers will want to meet and spend time with these contributors. A worthwhile collection, highly recommended for all readers."
Kirkus - Enlightening reading.
Additional Writing
August 2023 Military Times Editorial "Banning gender affirming care impacts service members and families"
April 2023 Forged In Fire Leadership Perspectives "Smiling Through the Scariest Day of My Life"
January 2021 Military Times Editorial "Transgender service members passed the test"
June 2020 Inkstick "A Command Transition"
Feb 2019 Washington Post Editorial "The Defense Department needs transgender service members"
Feb 2018 LGBTQ Nation Editorial "Should the Secretary of Defense threaten to resign over trans military service?"
August 2023 Military Times Editorial "Banning gender affirming care impacts service members and families"
April 2023 Forged In Fire Leadership Perspectives "Smiling Through the Scariest Day of My Life"
January 2021 Military Times Editorial "Transgender service members passed the test"
June 2020 Inkstick "A Command Transition"
Feb 2019 Washington Post Editorial "The Defense Department needs transgender service members"
Feb 2018 LGBTQ Nation Editorial "Should the Secretary of Defense threaten to resign over trans military service?"