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Pride Yarns: Development and Trial of an Intergenerational Program for Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ Young Peoples' Wellbeing ('Pride Yarns') builds from recent research by the Walkern Katatdjin (Rainbow Knowledge) project (2021, 2023), which found that Elders’ acceptance of sexuality and gender diversity promotes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ young peoples’ social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB).
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Pride Yarns will develop and test an Elder-led, intergenerational support program, known as Pride Yarns, which aims to improve Aboriginal LGBTQA+ youths’ feelings of acceptance within Aboriginal culture to increase their SEWB.
The project will be the first to establish an evidence-based approach for improving SEWB among Aboriginal LGBTQA+ young people, which emphasises the strength of cultural connection, and in turn, will place youth on positive health pathways for young adulthood and beyond.
Aims:
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The overall aim of Pride Yarns is to support a community-led program where Aboriginal LGBTQA+ young people (14-25 years) can come to local services (the Youth Pride Network, Yorgum Healing Services, and Wungening Aboriginal Corporation) to yarn about culture, sexuality and gender with their Elders and community leaders.
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Research Methods
The project consists of 3 phases:
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Phase 1: Co-design the Pride Yarns intervention for implementation at multiple community settings in Perth.
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Phase 2: Pilot the Pride Yarns intervention and assess the acceptability, demand for, and suitability of the intervention for increasing feelings of acceptance, beliefs that Aboriginal and LGBTQA+ identities can coexist, and improving the SEWB in Aboriginal LGBTQA+ youth participants.
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Phase 3: Develop an evidence-based toolkit for up-scaling, implementing, and assessing the Pride Yarns intervention across Australia.
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Ethics
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​Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee (WAAHEC) reference: #HREC1351
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ECU Human Research Ethics Committee: #2024-05065-HILL ​
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Governance​
This project adheres to the Maiam Nayra Wangara Data Sovereignty principles and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property
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This project has been developed in consultation with our supporting organisations, and two governance groups representing community perspectives.
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See below to read our Data Sovereignty Statement and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Statement
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Project Artists:
Yabini Kickett
Yabini Kickett is an artist with ties to Ballardong and Wadjuk people of the Bibulmun Nation.​
Her work focuses on illustration, endemic plant and fungal species to the South West, and stories from her kin. ​
Yabini was a 2017 participant in the Wesfarmers National Indigenous Arts Leadership program in Canberra, and since then her work has been acquired by the West Australian Art Gallery.​
In addition,Yabini has gone on to explore curating through her project Dejnnung! Yeyi Yorga Koorliny at the Campbelltown Arts Centre in NSW. ​
More recently Yabini has taken the position of Creative Producer within the Perth Festival, working across the Boorloo Contemporary Commission at the East Perth Power Station.
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Logo Story
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"When asked to create a logo for the Pride Yarns program, I wanted to acknowledge through animal kinship that we have always been here.
I brainstormed animals within Noongar Boodja that have been documented in same sex relationships - Many came to mind, specifically birds.
Maali are culturally significant to a lot of Noongar mob, and they're commonly found in same sex relationships, both males and females, staying together for long loving lives."
TBA
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Read our statements below to see how we are ensuring data sovereignty is upheld
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Project organisations:
Project funded by the Medical Research Future Fund