Struggling Against Homophobia and Empowerment Practices with LGB Youth

You will find in this article the main elements of my Master’s thesis. This article was written in 2008 with the collaboration of Bill Ryan, a renowned expert in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues and the fight against homophobia in Canada, as well as Jean-François René, my research supervisor and expert in practitioner-based research and action research. Although the article dates back a few years, its content is still relevant to the realities experienced by lesbian, gay and bisexual youth today. This text explores the Empowerment Perspective when fighting homophobia and working with lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth.

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