Gender ans Sexual Diversity and Social Work, Ejercicios de Trabajo Social

¡Descarga Gender ans Sexual Diversity and Social Work y más Ejercicios en PDF de Trabajo Social solo en Docsity! GENDER AND SEXUAL DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL WORK, a Canadian Social Work (Vol.20) Nick J. Mulé 2018 Introduction This article presents the needs that have become manifest with the LGBT2SIQS collective and the importance of the presence of the Social Worker, to confront these needs. Polo (2010) introduces that "In April 2010, after a petition from Representative Joan Herrera (IU-ICV) to propose the depathologisation of Transsexuality, the Spanish Government manifested that it shared the need to discontinue "transsexuality" as a mental disorder" (pg. 294), a need which coincides with that of the collective. Also Polo (2010), very careful to the needs of these people, states that " a specification for Gender Dysphoria in remission, should be included. They criticize that the diagnosis does not disappear in people who have already done a reassignment treatment. Also they point out the need to eliminate the term fetishist transvestism" (pg. 294). For this reason, Mulé (2018) proposes that ''there is a discussion of someways social work can fulfil this responsibility with respect to gender- and sexual-diverse communities'' (pg. 112). The rise of the movement and visibility of the trans community in recent years and the social response to it has led to the creation of a new role for social workers (Bonifacio, 2018). Even so, within this collective, in Canada they allow the inclusion of some of them, progress achieved thanks to the struggle they are currently engaged in. It is this reason, among others, that led to the choice of this article, since many people from this collective have to hide and there is still a need for more visibility and normalization and above all training on the subject for future social work professionals, in order to provide the necessary support to people from the LGBT2SIQS collective. Body of work In Canada, the LGBT2SIQS collective has been oppressed for a long time, as Mulé says (2018): "These are populations that have a history of oppression in Canada and internationally, some of which social work has been complicated in, yet has an opportunity to make better connections" (pg. 111). In this regard, Jodar (2012) defends that "Currently, as a result of social struggles and conquests, we are attending the recognition and expansion of new rights for people of sexual orientations other than heterosexual, with non-heteronormative gender identities and expressions, i.e., gay, lesbian, trans, and bisexual people who challenge and generate ruptures in historically constructed and naturalized practices and representations of sexuality, gender, body, emotional relationships, family constitution, etc. Thanks to these struggles, in which social work professionals have intervened, this oppression has decreased over the years, but the resources provided by the profession have not been enough to stop it from being catalogued as a psychopathology of gender dysphoria. But in Canada, not all those who belong to the LGBTS collective are accepted, since Mulé (2018), supports that "those LGBTs who are being "accepted" meet "acceptable" heteronormative standards, and those LGBTs who are being "respected" meet "respectable" heteronormative standards. By their meeting of these criteria, a segment of the LGBT2SIQ communities can be pointed to in the federal government's pink- washed messaging of "inclusion. One of the great achievements, stated by Cochran (2014) is that ''The World Health Organization (WHO) delisted "homosexuality" as a mental disorder in 1993'' (Quoted by Mulé, 2018 pg.114). Considering that previously, the World Health Organization categorized this term as a mental disorder, the observation that should be made is what has been the cause for which it has been considered a psychopathology. Mulé (2018) also answers this question telling that "One study revealed that there are three major arguments used by international nation states in their opposition to LGBT2SIQ populations' efforts at gaining recognition and legitimization at the UN: family values usually driven by "traditional" culture and sometimes religion; a politicized sense of nationalism as exercised through sovereignty; and discriminatory This whole process must be done with respect and without prejudice, as the various authors have commented, including Bermejo (2016) highlights that "the key to building diagnoses and work plans that are respectful of the choice of gender of trans people and transvestites, without falling into practices that are discouraging, fragmented and pathological, is to be able to work in an interdisciplinary way from the moment the person is admitted to the hospital" (pg 3) Finally, a key element that social work can bring to this collective is group social work. For this type of intervention, Maroto (2006) considers that "the empowerment, promoted by the groups of mutual help (for gays and lesbians), is once again of vital importance, so it allows these people to build a healthy homosexual identity, which is nothing more or less than going through a process of positive self-ception of one's own homosexual sexual orientation, where there must be a number of changes at the cognitive, emotional and behavioral level". (pg 210) Conclusions Regarding the need for movement and visibility of the LGBT2SIQS collective, exposes the importance of social intervention, because they are not collectives who do not suffer any pathology, and feel the need to fight to change the treatments to which many of them are exposed. The change that has been made in recent years is very broad, but not enough, as they are still exposed to medical treatments that are not so necessary as a social intervention aimed at reducing the anxiety of these people who suffer from the harassment to which they are subjected due to their sexual and gender condition. Canadà, is already one of the countries that has joined this fight and there are already many people from this group who have been accepted, but we still need an optimal intervention that does not violate the rights of these people and all of them are accepted by society. Here the role of the social worker comes into play, since his or her intervention is very important to make this vulnerable group visible and normal. For this, we have seen that the different authors propose an interdisciplinary intervention, in which the different teams reorient the therapeutic proposals. Even so, the importance of social therapy should be highlighted in the face of palliative treatments. The role of the social worker would also be to eliminate these stereotypes and prejudices from society and to accompany in the social and educational process all those people who suffer harassment in order to achieve a position of respect and recognition and above all social inclusion. To perform all these functions, we have seen that the various authors propose that, from social work, training is necessary to gain knowledge and tools to guide people who are part of this group, since this training is essential to provide welfare and security to all these vulnerable people with such specific needs. 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