What is it about?
The paper expands the understanding of anti-social behaviour against LGBT youth. Interviews with university students document a number of anti-social actions against LGBT youth coming from other members of the LGBT community. While these actions are not necessarily intentional they can have serious impacts on the recipients/victims. They can take the form of micro-assaults, micro-insults and micro-invalidations.
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Why is it important?
Previous research has focused on the actions of heterosexual people which has adverse impacts on members of the LGBT community. This research is important because it demonstrates that actions of other members of the same community can have significant impacts on the development of LGBT young people. Those who attempt to respond to anti-social behaviour should also be aware of these additional source of unwanted and potentially harmful interactions.
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As a lecturer engaging with LGBT and non-LGBT youth at university-level it became increasingly clear that these unwanted interactions come from both LGBT and non-LGBT students. There was a lack of research on this area and the preliminary investigations indicated that such acts were more common and potentially more harmful than first anticipated. It is important to begin conversations around unwanted action and the impacts of these actions on community members even where the acts may be unintentional.
Associate Professor James A Roffee
Monash University
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This page is a summary of: Rethinking microaggressions and anti-social behaviour against LGBTIQ+ youth, Safer Communities, October 2016, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/sc-02-2016-0004.
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