Educator and staff perspectives on a rights-based sex education for young men in jail and prison in Sweden

Larsdotter, Suzann; Lemon, Jonas; Lindroth, Malin

doi:10.1080/14681811.2022.2034113

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“…[…] They are called "fucking trannies" and "trans whores."' Similar to what professionals who meet groups of young men in other institutional settings, such as jails and prisons, have described (Larsdotter et al, 2022), interviewees express their challenges and struggles with dealing with toxic masculinity. Related to this, Alexandra emphasizes the need for professionals to act as role models and show respect for everyone, regardless of gender identity: I can see that it's not easy here for those that see themselves as girls.…”

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Social Workers as Allies? Gender Confirming Practices and Institutional Limitations in Youth Residential Homes

Lindroth,

Carlström,

Andersson

et al. 2024

Clin Soc Work J

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Previous research shows that LGBTQ+ youth are over-represented in out-of-home care and that especially transgender and non-binary youth face challenges during their placement. These challenges stem from, among other factors, the lack of knowledge and competence of professionals regarding the unique needs of transgender and non-binary youth. In Sweden, there are policies that aim to protect transgender and non-binary youth from discrimination and to promote their sexual and reproductive health and rights, and an increasing number of residential homes claim to have LGBTQ competence when competing for placements. However, it is unclear how this affects the everyday experiences of trans and non-binary youth at residential homes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the practices and challenges of clinical social workers at residential care homes when working with gender identity and sexual health issues among young transgender and non-binary youth. Eight semi-structured interviews focusing on professionals’ knowledge and experiences were conducted and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Four themes emerged: i) Knowledge being a personal matter; ii) Heteronormativity and binarity creating consequences; iii) Handling discrimination and harassments; and iv) Creating a trustful alliance. The results show that knowledge is a personal matter, and social work professionals seek the knowledge they need instead of receiving it in education or training. The contextual heteronormativity and binarity creating consequences at the residential care home pose challenges for social workers and they have to find creative ways to support transgender and non-binary youth and address the harassments and discrimination that these youth face. Moreover, the social workers share their strategies regarding how they are creating a trustful alliance. Overall, they identify significant challenges to developing clinical social work that is affirming of transgender and non-binary youth.

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Section: Creating a Trustful Alliancementioning

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Social Workers as Allies? Gender Confirming Practices and Institutional Limitations in Youth Residential Homes

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Carlström,

Andersson

et al. 2024

Clin Soc Work J

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“…There is little knowledge of collaborative, holistic and rights-based sexual education in prisons, but homo-and transphobic, racist and sexist attitudes exist among young male prisoners (Larsdotter et al, 2023). Staff who are going to perform sexual health education in prison often need extra education and training (Larsdotter et al, 2023;Templeton et al, 2019). The teachers had to avoid using a lecture perspective that reminded the young men too much of school-based education.…”

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“…The teachers had to avoid using a lecture perspective that reminded the young men too much of school-based education. The teachers found large knowledge gaps, concerning both general topic areas and specific issues such as consent among the young men (Larsdotter et al, 2023). Well-structured sexual health education can lead to prisoners taking greater responsibility for safer sex practices, such as self-referring for sexual health check-ups (Templeton et al, 2019).…”

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“…Collaboration in designing and implementing sexual health education was brought forward as important to ensure successful learning outcomes. Collaboration with non-government organisations (NGOs) working with sexual health issues can promote sexual health knowledge (Larsdotter et al, 2023), but extra training for the collaborators from the NGOs may be necessary to ensure optimal possibilities for safe collaboration. Co-production and participatory sexual health education design that includes prisoners can provide more appropriate education for the prisoners and therefore provide better outcomes than traditional sexual health education (Robinson et al, 2022;Templeton et al, 2019).…”

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“…None of the included studies specifically described examples of positive approaches towards sexual health and sexuality in prison. However, a key finding is collaboration between sexual health educators, health care staff in prison and prison staff (Larsdotter et al, 2023;Robinson et al, 2022;Templeton et al, 2019). Cooperation between youth service providers and prison staff can support young male prisoners' sexual health and well-being but can also support the well-being of the prisoners' partners and children (Robinson et al, 2022).…”

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Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

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