BEING CULTURALLY COMPETENT

WITH THE
KAYLA YOUNG
LGBTQ COMMUNITY
CULTURAL AWARENESS
 Initial Awareness
 Religious beliefs- bias against this population based on my
religious beliefs.
 Empathy
 Understanding their willingness to stay strong and be
themselves. Being aware of their life struggle and
acceptance of who they are.
 Interactions
 My interactions with this population has grown because I
have experienced more of people apart of the LGBTQ
community due to the diversity of UNCP.
 I roomed with someone who considered themselves a
“Dyke” and I had to look past them as a person, and get to
know their personality.
INTERSECTIONALITY
Intersections Potential Client Me (Social Worker) Equal or
Not?
Age: 24 20 No
Ethnicity/ Race: African American African American Yes
Language English English Yes
Gender Male Female No
Social Class Middle class Middle class Yes
Personal Appearance Long hair, tight clothing, drawn Medium length hair, professional No
eyebrows, clean appearance, attire, clean appearance, glasses,
Culture Religion Beliefs Religion Beliefs Yes
Faith and Religion Christian Christian Yes
Family Background Immediate family home, (2 2 brothers and 2 sisters, parents No
brothers, 1 sister, both parents) remarried (step mom and dad)
Sexual Orientation Homosexual Heterosexual No
HISTORICAL OPPRESSION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYUf4XmCBOo
HISTORICAL OPPRESSION CONTD.

 In 2016, a gay parade was held in Orlando and resulted in a mass shooting (left 49 dead and 50 injured).
 First gay rights in 1965 in Philadelphia.
 1970’s gay liberation movement was started
DISCRIMINATION

 Schools- education discrimination

 Being bullied (verbal and physical), physical abuse,
 Family discrimination
 Not being claimed by their family, mistreatment from family, non
acceptance, physical torture
 Employment discrimination
 Denial of jobs because of sexual orientation, complaints,
mistreatment, not given the same opportunities of heterosexuals
 Legal (law) discrimination
 Cross-dressing laws were in place, discrimination laws against
same-sex marriages (in some states), bathroom law
HEALTH DISPARITIES

 HIV/AIDS
 Gay Black men are the most effected by HIV/AIDS
 67% of black gay or bisexual men are diagnosed with
HIV/AIDS
 Infections, health issues, diseases are more
susceptible due to the weakened immune systems
RELATIONSHIP PROTOCOLS

 Services are typically denied for LGBT students. Heterosexuals are

usually who services focus on.
PRACTICING CULTURAL COMPETENCE

 Personalization: Understanding the challenges of the

 Empathy client, and being able to help them and provide them
 I would have to understand why people of the LGBT with the necessary resources. As for myself I can more
community feel the way they do open, and accepting to this population by putting myself
in their shoes and hoping people accept me as if I was
 Active Listening apart of the LGBT community.
 Listening to their experiences due to discrimination and  Conceptualization: Be able to have a plan, as far as long
abuse and short term goals. Be able to point out when the
 Information giving client is becoming more accepting, as well as myself. Be
aware of my growth as far as working with this
 I would give them LGBT groups to talk with population.
 I would give them options of ways they could go about their  Process: use of summarization and interpretations to
sexual orientation
help the client let out all of their feelings and make sure
I’m completely understanding what they are going
through and feel a certain way.
ADVOCACY AS A SOCIAL WORKER

 Give more awareness to the LGBT community

 Inform people on bullying against people of the LGBT community
 Inform people on the positive
ETHICAL ISSUES

 Ethical dilemma
 Religious beliefs- Christianity
 I have to put away my beliefs to help a client who appears in
the LGBT community.
CLASS DISCUSSION

 As a social worker, what might you do to help the awareness of the LGBT community and social justice for this
population?
QUIZ TIME?

 What resulted in a mass shooting in 2016?

 Gay parade held in Orlando
 Which population of the LGBT are mostly to be effected/ diagnosed with HIV/AIDS?
 African American gay men
REFERENCES
 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Discrimination/Pages/LGBT.aspx
 https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/statistics
 https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-health
 http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/12-054_LGBTHealtharticle_v3_07-09-12.pdf
 http://www.mcedv.org/abuse-lgbt-relationships
 http://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/10Tips85x11.pdf
 https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbt-rights
 https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/health-and-access-to-care-and-coverage-for-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-
transgender-individuals-in-the-u-s/
 http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/history.aspx