Dalarinji, Your Story: Understanding and Promoting the Social and Emotional Well-being and Mental Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ Young People
This is a NSW research project that aims to understand and promote the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning young people, and to work with services to develop appropriate supports.
There is very little locally specific guidance available for services on how best to support a young person who is both Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and identifies as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Asexual or other (LGBTQA+). This means that young people (14-25 years) who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and LGBTQA+ may not receive the same level of support, sexual health care and information as other members of the community. Young people who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and LGBTQA+ may be at increased risk of poor social and emotional wellbeing, but there is little information available on how best to support you and keep you strong.
This is an opportunity to inform researchers about your needs for support and information as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ young person to:
- Build greater understanding of your social and emotional wellbeing, and
- Inform local health, counselling and appropriate services to develop programs that support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ young people say will help them.
Researchers: Professor Karen Soldatic (NSW Lead CI), Linda Briskman (CI), Professor Corrinne Sullivan (AI), Kim Spurway (PM), William Trewllyn (RA)
Partners: BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation, ACON - Aboriginal Project
Funding: National Health and Medical Research Council
Period: 2019–2024
Outcome
Community Reports
- Community Roadmap:
- Community Final Report:
- Community Preliminary Report:
Special Issues
Webinar
Publications
- Sullivan, C., Tran, D., Spurway, K., Briskman, L., Leha, J., Trewlynn, W., & Soldatic, K. (2024). “Absolutely it was not safe”: Indigenous LGBTIQSB+ experiences of education in Australia. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 53(1).
- Soldatic, K., Sullivan, C. T., Coe, G., Leha, J., Trewlynn, W., & Spurway, K. (2023). Journal of Youth Studies, 1-14.
- Spurway, K., Sullivan, C., Leha, J., Trewlynn, W., Briskman, L. and Soldatic, K. (2022), '[In Press] , Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services.
- Sullivan, C. T., Spurway, K., Leha, J., Trewllyn, W., & Soldatic, K. (2023). . Journal of Global Indigeneity, 7(2), 1-25
- Soldatic, K., Sullivan, C., Briskman, L., Leha, J., Trewlynn, W., & Spurway, K. (2023, in progress). March 2023.
- Briskman, L., Sullivan, C. T., Spurway, K., Leha, J., Trewlynn, W., & Soldatic, K. (2022). . Health and Human Rights, 24(1), 35–48.
- Spurway, K., Soldatic, K., Briskman, L., Uink, B., Liddelow-Hunt, S., Hill, B. and Lin, A. (2022), , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, vol 39, no 2 , pp 138 - 147.
- Sullivan, C., Coe, G., Spurway, K., Briskman, L., Leha, J., Trewlynn, W. and Soldatic, K. (2022), , Social Suffering in the Neoliberal Age: State Power, Logics and Resistance, Routledge 9780367675554.
- Sullivan, C., Spurway, K., Briskman, L., Leha, J., Trewlynn, W. and Soldatic, K. (2022), , LGBTQ+ Family, vol 18, no 5 , pp 463 - 474.
- Sullivan, C., Coe, G., Spurway, K., Briskman, L., Trewlynn, W., Leha, J. and Soldatic, K. (2022), , Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol 6, no 1 , pp 1 - 15.
- Sullivan, C.T., Tran, D.; Trewlynn, W., Spurway, K., Leha, J., Briskman, L., Soldatic, K. (2022). “We Want to Help but We Don’t Know What to Do”: Service Providers Working with Indigenous LGBTIQ+ Youth in Australia. Sexes, 3, 308–324.
- Soldatic, K., Briskman, L., Trewlynn, W., Leha, J. and Spurway, K. (2022), , Culture, Health and Sexuality, vol 24, no 4 , pp 564 - 582.
- Soldatic, K., Sullivan, C., Briskman, L., Leha, J., Trewlynn, W. and Spurway, K. (2021), , Social Inclusion, vol 9, no 2 , pp 1 - 6.
- Soldatic, Briskman, L., Trewlynn, W., Leha, J., & Spurway, K. (2021). , 9(2), 42–51.
