Exploring microaggressions among LGBTQIA+ youth in the child welfare system
López López, Mónica (Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen)
Armando Parra, Luis (University of California, Davis)
O'Brien, Rory Patrick (San Diego State University)
Brummelaar, Mijntje ten (Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen)
Foradada Villar, Mireia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Martínez-Jothar, Gabriela (Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen)

Data:	2025
Descripció:	12 pàg.
Resum:	Research highlights the critical roles that care professionals and peers play in supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual, and other gender and sexual minority youth (LGBTQIA+). While compassionate and affirming care enhances LGBTQIA+ youths' well-being, not all professionals provide this support, leading to negative psychosocial outcomes. This study explores microaggressions experienced by LGBTQIA+ youths in residential care, focusing on microinvalidations, microinsults, and microassaults. Additionally, the current study focused on how LGBTQIA+ youths resisted these microaggressions. Semi-structured interviews conducted with 15 LGBTQIA+ youth in Cantabria, Spain, revealed that these microaggressions stemmed from both care professionals and non-LGBTQIA+ peers. Participants reported microinvalidations (e. g. , denial of identities), microinsults (e. g. , stereotypes of hypersexuality), and, less frequently, microassaults (e. g. , direct and indirect derogatory comments). Youth resisted these microaggressions by asserting their rights, such as challenging restrictions on self-expression, educating others, and either ignoring or confronting perpetrators. LGBTQIA+ racialized youth faced additional compounded discrimination due to intersecting racial and LGBTQIA+ identities. These findings highlight the need for professional training programs that focus on providing affirming care and supporting LGBTQIA+ youths' resilience to improve their well-being and mitigate the impact of microaggressions.
Nota:	Altres ajuts: This research was made possible through the support of the General Directorate of Social Policies of the Governement of Cantabria, Spain, and the NextGenerationEU instrument by the European Commission.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	LGBTQIA+ youth ; Child welfare ; Residential care ; Microaggressions ; Intersectionality
Publicat a:	Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 177 (2025) , art. 108459, ISSN 1873-7765

DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108459

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