Lgbtq People and Social Work: Intersectional Perspectives - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155130726X ISBN 13: 9781551307268

Publisher: Womens Pr, 2015

Synopsis

This unique edited collection addresses issues impacting the well-being of LGBTQ individuals with diverse identities to help students, practitioners, educators, and policymakers work with sensitivity and strength in the LGBTQ communities. Edited by three expert LGBTQ scholars, this engaging book offers a multiplicity of perspectives through the works of practitioners, students, and activists.

By focusing on intersectionality and its application to social work practice, organizational change, and the pursuit of social justice, this text gives voice to previously silenced members of the LGBTQ community. The contributors of this important collection deepen insight into the diversity of identities within LGBTQ communities and provide many thoughtful recommendations to inform future social work pedagogy, agency policy, and forms of practice in diverse contexts and fields of service. This book is a valuable resource for students in Social Work, Community Medicine, Counselling Psychology, Nursing, Equity Studies, and Gender Studies, as well as anyone engaged in social service work.

About this title

About the Author:

Brian J. O'Neill is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia. Tracy A. Swan was as Associate Professor with the School of Social Work at Memorial University until her retirement the summer of 2014. Nick J. Mulé is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at York University.

Review:

""LGBTQ People and Social Work is an important and much-needed contribution to the field. It offers an expansive and thoughtful examination of the multiplicity of LGBTQ persons' lives and of the significance of understanding how the intersection of multiple stigmatized identities can create unique challenges for sexual minorities, while also underscoring the phenomenal resiliency demonstrated by so many LGBTQ people. This is a must-read for social workers across the spectrum of practice settings and an invaluable tool for educating future social work practitioners."" - Melanie D. Otis, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

About this edition

• Publisher: Womens Pr
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 155130726X
• ISBN 13: 9781551307268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330
• Editor: O'neill Brian J., Swan Tracy A., Mul Nick J.