And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers is a history of state oppression of gay and lesbian citizens during the Cold War a

Combines legal and political analysis with field research and historical information in a "campaign for civil and human rights in education."--Jacket.

Reflects on the idea that if there were no teachers, no one would educate and engage children and all knowledge would be lost.

A stirring examination of how Cold War repression and persecution extended to gay and lesbian teachers in Florida

How do gay and lesbian teachers negotiate their professional and sexual identities at work, given that these identities are constructed as mutually exclusive, e