Manitoba Heritage Theses

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http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3098
Contains full text Manitoba-related theses dating from 1902 to the present.

The University of Manitoba Libraries gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Manitoba Department of Heritage, Culture, Tourism and Sport in the digitization of many of these theses.

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Browsing Manitoba Heritage Theses by Subject "2SLGBTQ+"

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    Exploring the needs of Indigenous 2SLGBTQ+ young people in child welfare in Manitoba
    (2024-03-25) Meissner, Darlene; Dano-Chartrand, Linda (Knowledge Keeper); Pompana, Yvonne (Social Work); Milliken, Eveline
    This research addresses the need for Indigenous two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, non-binary, and intersex (2SLGBTQ+) specific services for children and youth in the care of Manitoba Child and Family Services (CFS). Throughout this exploration, the researcher has sought the insights of current and past Indigenous 2SLGBTQ+ young people in the care of the child welfare system, and from service providers who experience working with them and understand their needs while in CFS care and post-care.
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    Honouring the voices of 2SLGBTQ+ youth in care within Manitoba
    (2020-08) Massinon, Sylvia; Souleymanov, Rusty (Social Work) Azure, Ed (Social Work Indigenous Knowledge Holder); Bennett, Marlyn (Social Work)
    Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (2SLGBTQ+) youth in care not only have to encounter the challenges that come with being a youth in care, but experience oppression due to colonialism, heterosexism, and cissexism. This Master of Social Work in Indigenous Knowledges thesis centres the voices of five individuals who are a part of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and have had experiences of being in the care of the child welfare system in Manitoba. In the research process there were individual interviews with the five participants, and three of the participants took part in analyzing the summaries of the individual interviews in a group analysis, done by way of talking circle. Overarching themes included oppression at micro, mezzo, and macro levels, and that for some of the Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQ+ participants, cultural identity and gender and/or sexuality, were tied. The major themes that came to light in this process were that being in care had impacts on their sexual and gender identities, impacts on their cultural identities, and that 2SLGBTQ+ youth in care who had the experience of being adopted, and those who did not, had similar experiences. Arriving to the changes that 2SLGBTQ+ youth in care would like to see to better serve 2SLGBTQ+ youth in the care of the child welfare system, there came the major theme of the need for affirmation at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.