title: "Very simple. I just don't lie": The role of honesty in Black lesbian K-12 teachers' experiences in the U.S. Southeast.
abstract: I conducted semi-structured interviews with eight self-identified Black lesbian classroom teachers. Seven participants taught in three districts in the same large metropolitan area in the U.S. Southeast; one participant taught in a smaller city in a bordering state. In response to the vague prompt to describe the intersections between their sexuality and their schooling experiences as a teacher, every participant spoke explicitly about her unwillingness to lie about her sexuality if asked. In this article, I argue that honesty is a critical component of Black women's experiences, the necessity of which can be tied to womanism.
authors.affiliation: a Kennesaw State University.
authors.forename: Jillian Carter
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D000070777:School Teachers; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities; D015206:Southwestern United States; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014931:Women, Working
keywords: Black; coming out; honesty; lesbian; teachers; womanism