ERIC Number: EJ1289702
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
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Pride and Prejudice: An Intersectional Look at Graduate Employability of Transgender and Queer International Students
Thuy, Trang Le; Hoang, Vuong Tran; Hoang, Giang Le Nguyen
Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, v12 n6S1 p153-160 Dec 2020
The concept of graduate employability has gained great prominence in international education. However, there still exists a gap in sexual orientation discrimination in graduate employability among transgender and queer (TQ) international students. In our qualitative study investigating graduate employability of transgender and queer students graduating from Australian and Canadian institutions, we have interviewed 14 international graduates with transgender and queer identity regarding their perceptions of sexual orientation and recruitment discrimination at the workplaces. Utilizing intersectionality as a conceptual framework, we have studied employability-related problems that these marginalized students with their foreigner identities have experienced in the labor market. The findings will be around the social, cultural, and political impacts of Canadian and Australian working and recruitment environments on the varying extent of discrimination, namely local attitudes toward queer and transgender international graduates, the manifestation of antidiscrimination laws, and the extent to which employers value stereotypically male heterosexual personality traits. [The page range cited on the .pdf (p152-) is incorrect. The correct page range is p153-160.]
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Foreign Students, Employment Potential, College Graduates, Social Discrimination, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Recruitment, Social Bias, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Political Influences, Public Policy, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; Australia
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