Coming out in the Classroom: Still an Occupational Hazard?

Russ, Simonds, and Hunt’s (2002) found that coming out in the classroom was hazardous to gay instructors. We replicated their study in a sample of 222 college students (72% White, 53% women, mean age = 19.66) from the same large Midwestern state university. Our findings mirror theirs. Implications are discussed.