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<p>Social work in Poland and in the United States shares the values of human dignity and self-determination, but there are often value conflicts in terms of how various groups experience social roles and social expectations. This paper explores the use of multiple lenses to understand the past and current conditions for LGBT+ people in Poland. An international, university-level collaboration uses a framework of “invisible groups” to highlight the needs of those who are on the margins of society and whose human and individual rights are suppressed. The article reviews the results of a recently published on-line survey of LGBT+ populations and their views of their experiences in Polish society to illustrate their “invisibility” and the need for advocacy from the international social work community.</p>
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Social work in Poland and in the United States shares the values of human dignity and self-determination, but there are often value conflicts in terms of how various groups experience social roles and social expectations. This paper explores the use of multiple lenses to understand the past and current conditions for LGBT+ people in Poland. An international, university-level collaboration uses a framework of “invisible groups” to highlight the needs of those who are on the margins of society and whose human and individual rights are suppressed. The article reviews the results of a recently published on-line survey of LGBT+ populations and their views of their experiences in Polish society to illustrate their “invisibility” and the need for advocacy from the international social work community.

Using multiple lenses to see an invisible group

Society Register

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Social work in Poland and in the United States shares the values of human dignity and self-determination, but there are often value conflicts in terms of how...

Using multiple lenses to see an invisible group

Published Online: Sep 29, 2023

Page range: 21 - 34

Received: Jul 15, 2023

Accepted: Sep 25, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2023.7.3.02

Keywords
gender, sexual minorities, human rights, collaboration, culture

© 2023 Kathleen J. Farkas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Using multiple lenses to see an invisible group

Published Online: Sep 29, 2023

Page range: 21 - 34

Received: Jul 15, 2023

Accepted: Sep 25, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2023.7.3.02

Keywordsgender, sexual minorities, human rights, collaboration, culture

© 2023 Kathleen J. Farkas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
gender, sexual minorities, human rights, collaboration, culture