“…However, just as the election of the first African American president risked the perpetuation of a mythical hope that “we have emerged victorious in our battle with racism” (Duncan-Andrade, 2009, p. 183), the legalization of same-sex marriage in the Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) decision, and presidential campaigns of women and a gay man in 2016 and 2020 do not free us from “any of the oppressions (classism, patriarchy, xenophobia, homophobia)” (Duncan-Andrade, 2009, p. 183), sexism, cisnormativity, or heteronormativity. In a world where education, and educational leadership specifically, has historically reinforced heteronormativity (Capper, 1999, 2018; Lugg, 2003b, 2006, 2016, Lugg & Tooms, 2010), the pressure for queer educators to remain in the closet endures.…”