Background: Previous studies have found that transgender, lesbian, and bisexual people report poorer mental health relative to heterosexuals. However, available research provides little information about service access among the highest need groups within these communities: women transgender people. This study compared past year unmet for care untreated depression between four groups: heterosexual cisgender (i.e., not transgender) women, lesbians, Materials Methods: was a cross-sectional...

SUMMARY This study explores the perspectives of service providers and youth advocates on bullying lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender (LGBT) intersectionalities in LGBT peer victimization. In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine key informants (4 male, 4 female, 1 male; 3 2 non-identified; 6 white, South Asian, Middle Eastern) recruited using purposive sampling from diverse education social settings. Narrative thematic analysis a constant comparative method used to...

The preponderance of bullying research does not address sexual orientation as a possible factor. purpose this study was to explore the perspectives service providers and youth advocates working with lesbian gay communities in order increase understanding youth. In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted nine key informants from various education social settings. Interviews recorded transcribed verbatim. Inductive data analysis using constant comparative method. Six major categories...

This article introduces a conceptual framework for thinking about the development of anti‐homophobia education in teacher and schooling contexts. We bring safe, positive, queering moments to bear on three distinct practices: coming out stories, homophobic name‐calling analysis, Pride Week activities. Our analysis these practices through lens our illuminates its usefulness both intent impact within classrooms. Importantly, also reveals that classroom students who are taking up different ways...

This paper reports qualitative findings from a pilot study that explored the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) education needs of home-care service providers working in one large, urban Canadian city. The builds upon research has documented barriers to health services for diversely situated LGBTQ people, which function limit access good-quality healthcare. activists, organisations allies have underscored need provider related unique experiences sexual gender minority...

This article uses an intersectionality lens to explore how experiences of race, gender, sexuality, class and their intersections are associated with depression unmet need for mental healthcare in a population 704 women transgender/gender liminal people from Ontario, Canada. A survey collecting demographic information, information about health use services, data the Everyday Discrimination Scale PHQ-9 Questionnaire Depression was completed by via Internet or pen-and-paper between June 2011...

ABSTRACTIt is critical to ensure that long-term care (LTC) homes are sensitive the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults. However, extent which LTC home sector has adopted recommended strategies unknown. This qualitative study reports findings from two initiatives: Semi-structured telephone interviews with Canadian administrators on support LGBT inclusivity (n = 32), discussions participants attending a 2-day meeting supporting in 25). We found training was...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and/or queer (LGBTQ) people face barriers to accessing mental health care; however, we know little about service experiences of low income LGBTQ people. In this qualitatively-driven mixed methods study, over 700 women trans completed an internet survey, whom 12 individuals living in poverty participated interviews. Low respondents saw more professionals and had unmet need for care than all other LGBTQ/income groups. Narrative analysis illustrated the work...

This paper examines the interpretative nature of psychiatry in relation to gender, sexuality and race within particular time place one urban, Canadian, clinical psychiatric setting. We bring women's inpatient charts a critical feminist perspective into dialogue an effort focus on narratives madness. The research used qualitative, retrospective design examine narrative as technique power it operates women. focuses overarching theme 'medicalisation', identified from analysis charts, including...

The purpose of this study was to explore field instructors' experiences and insights in working with lesbian gay MSW students. In-depth 1-to 1.5-hour interviews were conducted 8 instructors selected using purposive sampling. Data analyzed narrative thematic analysis a constant comparative method. One set themes emerged across all informants; second exclusively from lesbian-and gay-identified informants. Dynamic interactions among the student, instructor–student relationship, agency context...

Abstract Introduction This article reports on qualitative research findings from the first study to examine 2SLGBTQ+ populations’ experiences with social assistance (SocA) in Ontario, most populous province Canada. Using a relational poverty and intersectional framework, role of SocA system producing sustaining is articulated by exploring encounters inter-related systems. Methods was informed principles community-based participatory theoretically driven thematic analysis. The carried out...

This article uses the notion of sexual citizenship as an analytical tool to uncover ideology heterosexuality underlying assumptions in current ideas citizenship. It highlights how this ideology, reflected Canadian health care delivery model, is embedded Canada Health Act, a policy. indicates that process sexualizing focuses attention on monolithic construct heterosexual citizen while, paradoxically creating space for lesbian and gay visibility within arena. visibility, however, based partial...

This study used a qualitative research design to explore hospital policies and practices the assumption of female heterosexuality. The heterosexuality is product discursive that normalize individualize lesbian sexual identities. Literature indicates implicated in both invisibility marked visibility lesbians as service users. adds existing literature by shifting focus from individual organizational and, so doing, seeks uncover hidden truths, functional power language, allow for discovery what...

Canadian, US, and UK public health clinical research has identified barriers to service access for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, intersex (2SLGBTQ+) communities. While offering important insight into the experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ communities, this body only recently, still minimally, reports on home care experiences. Drawing key findings from Home Care Access Project, a mixed-methods, Ontario-wide study, paper animates an Equity Framework, using...

The Canadian academy is dominated by Western epistemologies that devalue Indigenous ways of knowing and marginalize communities, cultures, histories (Louie et al., 2017). This paper draws on a cross-disciplinary, interprofessional collaboration between School Public Health Sciences Social Work to develop an online graduate course sought advance knowledge practice in wellbeing health through social justice lens. We explore key considerations, strategies, challenges undertaken...

This paper takes up a call from activists and scholars in Mad Disability Studies to pay more explicit attention resistance. Drawing on conceptualizations of predictive, normative, ideal expectations, we describe three ways 2SLGBTQ service users who have experienced psychosis resist unmet expectations just treatment. These include: (1) defending self-respect through resistant thinking resentment; (2) reducing discrepancy lowering treatment others; (3) protecting selves distrust self-reliance....