In pursuit of change: Conceptualizing the social work response to LGBTQ microaggressions in health settings.
Despite the emergence of research on microaggressions targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) communities in recent years, there remains an insufficiency of theoretical literature in this area. In this article, we draw on the works of Michel Foucault to conceptualize the effects of microaggressive practices on LGBTQ people accessing health and other social services, and generate insight into strategies these groups use to resist these effects. We emphasize the need for social workers, particularly those in health care settings, to support these communities' ongoing attempts at challenging the effects of microaggression, and to this end, outline several implications of our analysis for social work practice.
a Dalla Lana School of Public Health , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
Hannah
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Kia
a Dalla Lana School of Public Health , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
Kinnon Ross
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MacKinnon
b School of Social Work , McMaster University , Hamilton , Ontario , Canada.
Melissa Marie
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002961:Civil Rights; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D028701:Patient Rights; D011287:Prejudice; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities / Q000523:psychology*; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D012947:Social Work; D000068217:Social Workers / Q000523:psychology*
Bisexual; Foucault; gay; health; lesbian; microaggression; queer; resistance; social work transgender