Ecker John, Aubry Tim, Sylvestre John
Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Centre for Research on Educational & Community Services and School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Soc Work Public Health. 2022 Feb 17;37(2):168-185. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2021.1976345. Epub 2021 Sep 19.
This study examines the experiences of adults who identify as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) and who have accessed emergency shelters in an urban Canadian city. Twenty LGBTQ adults who were currently or formerly homeless participated in one qualitative interview. The interview protocol included questions on the participants' experiences accessing emergency shelters, with a focus on interactions with other emergency shelter residents. Data was analyzed using an iterative coding process. The results demonstrated that participants engage in various identity management strategies and encounter both positive and negative interactions with other emergency shelter residents. The results are discussed in terms of strategies to improve emergency shelter policies to be more inclusive of LGBTQ adults.
本研究考察了自我认同为LGBTQ（女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者、酷儿）且曾在加拿大一个城市的紧急避难所寻求庇护的成年人的经历。20名目前或曾经无家可归的LGBTQ成年人参与了一次定性访谈。访谈提纲包括关于参与者进入紧急避难所经历的问题，重点是与其他紧急避难所居民的互动。数据通过迭代编码过程进行分析。结果表明，参与者采用了各种身份管理策略，并与其他紧急避难所居民经历了积极和消极的互动。研究结果将从改进紧急避难所政策以更包容LGBTQ成年人的策略方面进行讨论。
