LGBTQ People and Social Work

430 Pages·2015·3.765 MB·English

by  Brian J. O'Neill (editor), Tracy A. Swan (editor), Nick J. Mulé (editor)

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gender studies, as well as anyone engaged in social service work.
BRIAN J. O’NEILL is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of
British Columbia. TRACY A. SWAN was an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at
Memorial University until her retirement in the summer of 2014. NICK J. MULÉ is an Associate
Professor in the School of Social Work at York University.
Edited by
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Tracy A. Swan,
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LGBTQ People and Social
Work
Intersectional Perspectives
edited by brian j. o’neill, tracy a. swan,
and nick j. mulé
Canadian Scholars’ Press
Toronto
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LGBTQ People and Social Work: Intersectional Perspectives
Edited by Brian J. O’Neill, Tracy A. Swan, and Nick J. Mulé
First published in 2015 by
Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
LGBTQ people and social work : intersectional perspectives / edited by Brian J.
O’Neill, Tracy A. Swan, and Nick J. Mulé.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-55130-726-8 (pbk.).—ISBN 978-1-55130-727-5 (pdf).
—ISBN 978-1-55130-728-2 (epub)
1. Social work with sexual minorities—Canada. 2. Social service—Canada.
I. O’Neill, Brian, 1947-, editor II. Swan, Tracy A., 1946-, editor III. Mulé, Nick
J., 1963-, editor
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Contents
Intersecting LGBTQ People and Social Work: An Introduction 1
Tracy A. Swan, Brian J. O’Neill, and Nick J. Mulé
part i: Critical Reflections and Internal Tensions 15
chapter 1: The Politicized Queer, the Informed Social Worker:
Dis/Re-Ordering the Social Order 17
Nick J. Mulé
chapter 2: “We Are Expected to Work As If We Are Not Who We Are”:
Reflections on Working with Queer Black Youth 37
Marie-Jolie Rwigema, Onyinyechukwu Udegbe, and David Lewis-Peart
chapter 3: Queer Disability and the Reality of Homo-Ableism 53
Lawrence Shapiro
chapter 4: The Invisibility Paradox: Oppression and Resilience in the
Context of LGBT Aging 67
Louise Stern
chapter 5: Cross-Dancing as Culturally Restorative Practice 87
Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour
chapter 6: The Silent B: The Erasure of Bisexuality 107
Ron Goodine
part ii: Fields of Service, Practice, and Organizational Change 127
chapter 7: Transfeminist Theory and Action: Trans Women and the
Contested Terrain of Women’s Services 129
Jake Pyne
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chapter 8: Beyond Stress and Burden: Exploring the
Intersectionality of Gay Caregiving 151
Hossein Kia
chapter 9: Child Welfare Practice with Sexual Minority
and Gender-Diverse Youth: A Social Justice Perspective 173
D.Margo Nelson
chapter 10: Collaboration and Affirmation: Supporting Younger
Lesbian and Bisexual Women and Transgender Youth in
Small Cities and Rural Communities 193
Wendy Hulko
chapter 11: Collective Trauma as a Personal/Social Concern
for LGBTTTSQ Persons 213
Susan McGrath, Bill Lee, Ken Moffatt, Mirna Carranza,
and Andrea Lagios
chapter 12: Roadblocks and Pathways to Settlement: Experiences
and Needs of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Newcomers 233
Brian J. O’Neill and Hossein Kia
chapter 13: Resisting the Binary: The Role of the Social Worker in
Affirmative Trans Health Care 255
X.Sly Sarkisova
part iii: Social Work Education and Pedagogy 275
chapter 14: Christian Fundamentalism and Anti-Oppressive
Practice Social Work Pedagogy: Rethinking the Inclusion of
Fundamentalist Beliefs within the Queer-Positive Classroom 277
Sarah Todd and Diana Coholic
chapter 15: Somewhere over the Rainbow: Reflections on
Teaching a LGBT-S Bachelor of Social Work Course 297
Norma Jean Profitt
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chapter 16: Qualitative Arts-Based Inquiry into Transgender
Subjectivities in Social Work Education 317
Arkell Wiley
chapter 17: Transformative Engagement in LGBTQ
Student/Field Instructor Relationships 339
Tracy A. Swan and Sheri M. McConnell
chapter 18: Shaking the Foundations: Moving Gender and
Sexual Diversity Education to the Centre of the Child and
Youth Development Classroom 361
Andrea Ridgley, Marilyn McLean, Mandy Bonisteel,
and Soni Dasmohapatra
Contributor Biographies 383
Index 393
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