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Title: Toward Liberation, Not Oppression: Reconsidering Coming Out Stars
Language: English
Authors: D. Chase J. Catalano (ORCID 0000-0002-1674-4448), Rachel Wagner, Sy Simms
Source: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. 2025 18(1):S742-S745.
Availability: American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 4
Publication Date: 2025
Intended Audience: Teachers
Document Type: Journal Articles
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Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Empathy, Critical Thinking, Social Bias, Learning Activities, LGBTQ People, Social Justice, Perspective Taking, Intervention, Diversity, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Professional Development
DOI: 10.1037/dhe0000565
ISSN: 1938-8926
1938-8934
Abstract: In this practice brief, we question how, if at all, coming out stars is an activity that functions to cultivate allyship. Building on literature that similarly interrogated educational activities that center privilege to evoke empathy from attendees, we raise concerns about coming out stars as an activity. We then use Love's (2018) liberatory consciousness framework to offer a reimagined activity that fosters critical thinking without replicating oppression. Our goal is to provide educators with an activity that increases attendee awareness and analysis and inspires action and accountability without enacting dehumanization or using identity as a spectacle for pity.
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