Dalarinji – 'Your Story': Preliminary Report to Community

This report provides the preliminary findings drawing upon indepth qualitative interviews with young Indigenous LGBTIQA+ people (14 - 25 years) and their experiences of growing up Queer across NSW and the eastern seaboard. Over a period of 12 months (September 2019 - September 2020) 16 young Indigenous people who self-identified as LGBTIQA+ were interviewed across four primary areas including: What it means to be young, Indigenous, LGBTIQA+ for their emotional and social wellbeing;how they navigated family and community to maintain social and emotional wellbeing; what aspects of their journey's were supportive and respectful; and finally, what areas would they recommend for improvement to increase social and emotional wellbeing and the transition to young adulthood. The primary objective of this project is to better understand how the interstice of Indigenous, LBGTIQ and youth impacts upon their social and emotional wellbeing to enable the development of tailored supports and services to effectively support young Indigenous LGBTIQA+ people. The interviews are Phase 1 of the NSW component of the national study funded. This work was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) under its Targeted Call 2018 Indigenous Social and Emotional Wellbeing funding round (Grant ID: 1157377).