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Crossing Borders, Finding Voice: A Queer Autoethnography of Gay Identity, Pedagogy, and Mobility in a Transnational Educational Contex
Abstract
This chapter presents a queer autoethnographic account of a Filipino gay educator whose professional journey spans educational institutions in the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, and Thailand. Drawing on narrative memory work, reflective documentation, and reconstructed scenes from institutional life, it examines how sexual identity, pedagogy, and transnational mobility intersect within culturally diverse yet heteronormative educational environments. Grounded in queer theory and intercultural perspectives, the analysis foregrounds interviews, classrooms, staffrooms, and strategic silences as sites where legitimacy and belonging are negotiated. The chapter advances three findings: disclosure functions as a situated professional practice shaped by risk and trust; professionalism operates as an uneven regulatory discourse; and transnational mobility intensifies identity work through ongoing embodied recalibration. By centering lived experience, the chapter reframes pedagogy and inclusion as relational and ethical practices shaped by informal institutional norms.
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