Exploring the families of origin of LGBTQ former foster youth and their trajectories throughout care

Mountz, Sarah; Capous‐Desyllas, Moshoula

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104622

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“…The inability of some families to accept the young person's SOGIE is one of the reasons for many of them to enter out-of-home care services (Mallon, 2001(Mallon, , 2019Mountz & Capous-Desyllas, 2020;Woronoff et al, 2006). Despite this, a recent study exploring the families of origin of LGBTQ youth in care has also found that although some youth access the system due to reasons directly related to their SOGIE, many of them also access care because of family and community problems, poverty, racism and intergenerational substance abuse and mental illness in the family, etc.…”

Section: Background Lgbtqia+ Youth In Carementioning

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‘I actually know that things will get better’: The many pathways to resilience of LGBTQIA+ youth in out‐of‐home care

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Research on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and other forms of sexual identities and orientations (LGBTQIA+) youth in care has mainly examined their experiences from a risk-based approach, while few studies have explored their resilience experiences.Using in-depth interviews, the present study aims to illuminate the resilience experiences of 13 LGBTQIA+ young people in out-of-home care in the Netherlands. Four themes emerged from their narratives: relationships that support and empower; construction of a positive identity around their sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (SOGIE); community involvement and self-relying strategies. Our findings support the view of resilience as a complex process that shows at an individual, interpersonal and social level.

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Section: Background Lgbtqia+ Youth In Carementioning

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‘I actually know that things will get better’: The many pathways to resilience of LGBTQIA+ youth in out‐of‐home care

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“…Children and Youth Services Review contained 24 relevant articles, including 18 that focused on LGBTQ topics, and two that focused on trans topics (Goldberg et al, 2020;Shelton, 2015). These articles concerned themselves with a range of topics:  youth homelessness (Begun et al, 2019;Coolhart & Brown, 2017;Côté & Blais, 2019;Maccio & Ferguson, 2016;Mountz & Capous-Desyllas, 2020;Prock & Kennedy, 2017;Rew et al, 2019;Shelton, 2015);…”

Section: Children and Youth Services Reviewmentioning

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Exploring the Cyc Cis-Tem: A Literature Review of Queer and Trans Topics in Child and Youth Care

Walker

2021

IJCYFS

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Although Child and Youth Care (CYC) sees itself as a field that embraces diversity and complexity, there is a notable lack of discussion of sexual and gender diversity: queer and trans topics are rarely taken up across CYC research, practice, and pedagogy. Through a systematic literature review of articles published between 2010 and early 2020 in six journals with a focus on CYC practice, research, and theory, this article assesses how queer, trans, Two-Spirit, and nonbinary identities and topics are being discussed in the current CYC literature and reveals a conspicuous absence of publication on these topics. In a 10-year period, across six CYC publications comprising over 4000 published articles, only 36 articles focused on queer and LGBT issues (by covering both sexual and gender diversity) and, of those, only eight articles specifically focused on gender diversity or trans topics. No articles were found within any of the reviewed publications that specifically focused on Two-Spirit identities or topics and only one article mentioned nonbinary identities. Through exploring how and where queer and trans, Two-Spirit, and nonbinary identities and topics are being discussed, this review asks how we as a CYC field might begin to make space for these topics within our field and practice, in order to work towards social change that shifts our field and challenges the cis-heteronormative CYC system.

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“…Although some LGBTQIA+ youth indeed access care due to families rejecting them based on their SOGIE, recent research paints a more nuanced picture. Mountz et al (2020) analyzed the paths to care of former foster youth; their results…”

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Working with LGBTQIA+ youth in the child welfare system: Perspectives from youth and professionals

López¹,

Alvarez²,

Brummelaar³

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Written through a constant exchange between LGBTQIA+ young people, researchers, professionals and foster families, this book offers a valuable tool to improve the practice with LGBTQIA+ youth at a personal, organizational, and policy levels. This book shows the powerful influence of relationships and networks for the LGBTQIA+ young person growing up in child protection and welfare systems. LGBTQIA+ youth need meaningful connections with individuals within their communities in order to be able to heal, learn, and be authentically themselves. Child welfare professionals have a crucial role in creating these connections and cultivating supportive environments, free of additional trauma, where LGBTQIA+ young people can feel valued and loved.

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Exploring the families of origin of LGBTQ former foster youth and their trajectories throughout care

Cited by 30 publications

References 21 publications

‘I actually know that things will get better’: The many pathways to resilience of LGBTQIA+ youth in out‐of‐home care

‘I actually know that things will get better’: The many pathways to resilience of LGBTQIA+ youth in out‐of‐home care

Exploring the Cyc Cis-Tem: A Literature Review of Queer and Trans Topics in Child and Youth Care

Working with LGBTQIA+ youth in the child welfare system: Perspectives from youth and professionals

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