HI andrea
I think question #5 would be a very confounding question to the study
you are going to have a lot of historical time differences and international
differences come into play that will make interpretation difficult

also sexual orientation development is often now considered to be dynamic
and develops over time (one might say) so that what people identified with
in hs vs now could be vastly different, as ell as their own degree of being
out, and their own homophobia

see some of the complications?

I would focus on current experiences

I am not sure if the New Directions in Adult and Continuing Ed volume on
GLBT issues was mentioned- but it was recent... (2006?) (small volume
published by Jossey Bass, Bob HIll editor of that volume

I would include also

a question about whether culture or family has any influence on their
comfort level in publicly identifying as LGBTQ

and maybe a question about
what makes them more welcome? So we gain from the learners a perspective of
how to express that we are open to their views, validate them and welcome
them into the conversation fully? How can it be best communicated?

Some learners may share what works or what worked well in the past with a
special situation

hope that helps
feel free to also email me
I have done some writing and research on this topic as well.

KPK

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On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Andrea Wilder <andreawilder at comcast.net>wrote:


> Hi Krista--

> Do you have any information about the size of this population in general in

> the US?

>

> Thanks!

>

> Andrea:)

>

> On Sep 25, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Krista Hilton wrote:

>

> Hello Andrea,

>

> Thanks so much for your post and outreach. It will be awhile before we have

> approval from our university's IRB to conduct the interviews, but if you

> could email me (krista.hilton at gmail.com) or Daphne Greenberg (

> dgreenberg at gsu.edu) off list to provide us with the information you

> receive,

> that would be wonderful.

>

> As well, I was wondering if anyone on the list may have any ideas on what

> types of questions we may want to ask our participants. We will be

> interviewing LGB struggling adult readers. We have come up with the

> following questions thus far:

>

> 1.     How comfortable does the LGB literacy student feel in talking about

> his/her partner in the adult literacy classroom?

>

> 2.     We are interested in the local LGB organizations that our LGB

> students are aware of in their respective area.

>

> 3.     What is the LGB literacy students' involvement in LGB organized

> activities (i.e. what types of activities, why is he/she involved)?

>

> 4.     What are the LGB literacy students' perceptions of the literacy

> climate of the LGB organizations the he/she may (or may not) be affiliated?

>

>

> 5. If the person attended high school, what was their experience like? Were

> people aware of their sexual orientation? Did this awareness help or hinder

> their desire to attend school and do well in school.

>

> Thanks in advance for your time, and again, feel free to email us off list

> if you prefer!

>

> Cheers,

>

> Krista

>

> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:18 PM, hedgas99 <hedgas99 at mail.buffalostate.edu

> > wrote:

>

>> Hi Krista,

>>

>> I had signed up for the diversity listserv as part of an

>> online class.  When I received your e-mail about your study

>> and asking about other possible learners, I asked a friend

>> who is in PFLAG, and she referred me to the Pride Center,

>> here in Buffalo, NY.  Sorry, but it will be next week before

>> I can get back to you, but I wanted you to know that I'll

>> try and find you some participants out here.

>>

>> I'll be in touch,

>>

>> Andrea Hedgecock

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