Kurongkurl Katitjin Aboriginal Centre, 95980Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre, 5673Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Qual Health Res. 2022 Apr;32(5):755-770. doi: 10.1177/10497323211069682. Epub 2022 Feb 24.
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.
一个为探索性的原住民和 LGBTQ+ 研究人员主导的项目“打破沉默：成为原住民并认同 LGBTQ+”（打破沉默）提出的核心问题是，如何为认同 LGBTQ+的原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民提供真正包容的服务响应。本文展示了这个混合方法研究项目的定性研究结果，以展示在西澳大利亚州从事健康、教育和社会支持服务的组织工作人员如何看待原住民 LGBTQ+身份/经历。对一个关于 LGBTQ+身份相关性问题的书面、访谈和焦点小组回答的分析表明，这些问题需要在不同的服务文化和服务理念中进行考虑和评估。工作人员的观点是多种多样的，在考虑或制定服务提供和模式的改变之前，需要在组织中就 LGBTQ+身份的相关性达成共识。
