Out and proud? social work's relationship with lesbian and gay equality

Cocker, Christine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4188-2316 and Hafford-Letchfield, Trish (2010) Out and proud? social work's relationship with lesbian and gay equality. British Journal of Social Work, 40 (6). pp. 1996-2008. ISSN 0045-3102

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Abstract

Major changes in the UK legislative framework to promote the rights of lesbians and gay men have challenged and challenge long-standing heteronormative and heterosexist frames of reference in both social work practice and professional education and the way these are organised. At the same time, government policy within 'transformation' and 'integrated' agendas and recent reviews of the role of social work provide many opportunities for social work to respond in new and different ways to the proposed changes. This Critical Commentary looks at the implications for increased visibility of sexuality within social work and the complexity of managing identities. We will examine how these are debated within the current social, political and legislative environment.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	gay,lesbian,person-centred,sexuality,social work,health(social science),social sciences (miscellaneous) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3306
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Social Work
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Research on Children and Families
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2022 00:26
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2023 00:37
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/86580
DOI:	10.1093/bjsw/bcp158

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