Queer(y)ing Indigenous Australian higher education student spaces

Sullivan, Corrinne; Day, Madi

doi:10.1017/jie.2019.19

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“…The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people identify as LGBTQ+ is diverse and intersects with their cultural identity/ies. For example Sullivan and Day (2019, p. 1) describe these as being sometimes specific to Aboriginal culture in Australia, such as ‘Sistergirl or Brotherboy, as well as those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, non-binary, gender-fluid and a variety of other articulations of self’. According to (Bonson, 2017, p. 2) ‘Sistergirl is considered a culturally, as well as a socially, accepted term to describe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Transgender people who identify as female, while Brotherboy is considered a culturally, as well as a socially, accepted term to describe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Transgender people who identify as male'.…”

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Aboriginal and Queer Identity/ies in Western Australia: When There is a Need to Know in Therapeutic Settings

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A central question for the exploratory Aboriginal and LGBTQ+ researcher led project ‘Breaking the Silence: Being Indigenous and identifying LGBTQ+’ (Breaking the Silence) is how provision of genuinely inclusive service responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people identifying as LGBTQ+ can be developed. This article presents the qualitative findings of this mixed-methods research project to show how organizational staff working in health, education and social support services in Western Australia consider the Aboriginal LGBTQ+ identity/experience. Analysis of the written, interview and focus group responses to a question about the relevance of LGBTQ+ identity show that these questions need to be considered and evaluated within diverse service cultures and philosophies of services. Staff views are diverse and organizational consensus on the relevance (or not) of LGBTQ+ identity needs to be the precursor before the development or consideration of changes to service delivery and models.

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Aboriginal and Queer Identity/ies in Western Australia: When There is a Need to Know in Therapeutic Settings

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“…Therefore, in order to decolonize and dismantle the power of whiteness and the patriarchy within public relations, the perspectives of Indigenous women need to be heard, and their right to self-determine their own narratives needs to be asserted. This includes further research and privileging of multiple intersectional factors of class, disabilities, and Indigenous Australian, Queer and Gender Diverse peoples (O’Sullivan, 2015; Sullivan and Day, 2019). From this, public relations intersectional considerations can assist in providing context and research to the varying intersecting factors of Indigenous women in the discipline (see Tindall and Waters, 2013 and Vardeman-Winter and Tindall, 2010).…”

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“We’re not treated equally as Indigenous people or as women”: The perspectives and experiences of Indigenous women in Australian public relations

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This paper argues that the public relations sphere needs to have better understanding and more representation and acknowledgment of Indigenous women’s contemporary experiences and contributions. Indigenous Australian women experience multiple oppressions, such as Eurocentric and patriarchal control and, within the broader areas of Indigenous, women’s, and feminist public relations scholarship, their voices are largely absent. To address these issues, this paper, based on Indigenous women’s standpoint theory and an Indigenous yarning method, presents the narratives of five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women employed in public relations. These narratives reflect experiences of marginalization by the Australian mainstream culture of whiteness and patriarchy; they also suggest the incidence of work induced mental distress for the women participants. This study of female Indigeneity within public relations aims to promote understanding of intersectional identities, the long-term effects of whiteness and racism, and may suggest how public relations can play a role in decolonizing efforts.

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“…' Carlson (2020, p. 135) has noted in her research with Indigenous people and dating apps, that the racism that prevails against Indigenous people is not always related to physical or "phenotypical factors" that influence attractiveness or desirability, rather it is rooted in social and political overtures of "conventional racism." Further, Jacks' narrative is indicative of the social exclusion that can be felt by Indigenous queer people from their social and cultural communities (Sullivan & Day, 2019b). In his Indigenous community Jack is socially and culturally excluded, in the queer community Jack is culturally excluded.…”

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‘Hot, Young, Buff’: An Indigenous Australian Gay Male View of Sex Work

Sullivan

2021

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Research has historically constructed youths who are involved in sex work as victims of trafficking, exploitation, poverty, and substance abuse. These perceptions often cast the sex worker as deviant and in need of ‘care’ and ‘protection.’ Rarely seen are accounts that provide different perspectives and positioning of youth engaged in sex work. This article explores the lived experiences of Jack, a young gay cis-male who identifies as Indigenous Australian. Despite being a highly successful sex worker, his involvement in such a stigmatised occupation means that he must navigate the social and cultural perceptions of ‘deviant’ and ‘dirty’ work. This qualitative study explores the ways in which Jack negotiates his work, his communities, and the capitalisation of his sexuality. Drawing on Indigenous Standpoint Theory and wellbeing theory, Jack’s choice of sex work is explored through the intersections of sexuality and culture, with the consequences of Jack’s social and emotional wellbeing emerging as his narrative unfolds.

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Queer(y)ing Indigenous Australian higher education student spaces

Cited by 20 publications

References 21 publications

Aboriginal and Queer Identity/ies in Western Australia: When There is a Need to Know in Therapeutic Settings

Aboriginal and Queer Identity/ies in Western Australia: When There is a Need to Know in Therapeutic Settings

“We’re not treated equally as Indigenous people or as women”: The perspectives and experiences of Indigenous women in Australian public relations

‘Hot, Young, Buff’: An Indigenous Australian Gay Male View of Sex Work

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