I'm sure many of you have received this, but for those who are interested:
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Från: Josephine Rasmussen <Jrasmussen(a)isdp.eu>
Skickat: Fredag, 22 maj 2026 10:38
Ämne: Webinar invitation: "LGBTQ+ in South Korea and Learning Opportunities from Taiwan"
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🏳️🌈Join the Institute for Security and Development Policy's Korea and Taiwan center for a one-hour webinar on "LGBTQ+ in South Korea and Learning Opportunities from Taiwan" on June 9th from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. CET (04:00 to 5:00 p.m. CST/05:00 to 6:00 p.m. KST) via Zoom.
👏We are pleased to welcome experts from Taiwan and South Korea, who will take a closer look into the existing political and legislative landscapes in Seoul and Taipei.
👉To learn more and register, just click this link: LGBTQ+ in South Korea and Learning Opportunities from Taiwan - Institute for Security and Development Policy<https://www.isdp.eu/event/lgbtq-in-south-korea-and-learning-opportunities-f…>
Best,
Josephine Ørgaard Rasmussen
Project Manager
Korea Center
Institute for Security and Development Policy
+46 734 15 00 61
www.isdp.eu<http://www.isdp.eu/>
@ISDP_Sweden<https://twitter.com/ISDP_Sweden>
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Dear all,
At our last network meeting in November, we discussed exchanging publications more activly within the network - both to highlight our work and to facilitate referencing each other! I offered to collect publications from the last five years as an initial step, and after that everyone is welcome to use the email list to share new publications as they appearö
Please send me any publications (of all kinds) from the last five years that are relevant to the network's focus on LGBTQ+ research on health and living conditions (interpreted broadly!).
For each publication, please include a full citation to make sure it is easy to list and access for everyone.
I will compile the list in a couple of weeks and send it out to everyone! Looking forward to seeing the breadth of research from our members!
Warmly,
Kiin
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Kiin Catrine Andersson
Associate professor of social work/Docent i socialt arbete
Institutionen för socialt arbete, Malmö universitet
Hälsa och samhälle, 205 06 Malmö
Tfn: 040-665 85 77
Emma von Essen, J Lucas Tilley, and I have published the first study that uses population-wide data to document the share of transgender people who are parents, and their demographics.
The article also contains a review of relevant legal and policy changes affecting transgender people's opportunities for parenthood since the 1970s.
Read the study here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-026-00285-4
Bullet point summary:
- About 11% are parents, but the share varies with age, peaking at 41% for trans men aged 45–49 and 43% for trans women aged 50–64, about half the rates of cisgender peers.
- Trans people have children at similar ages and with about the same earnings levels as cis people.
- Trans men often start their transition before becoming parents. Trans women with children usually had them before the transition.
- Since 1990, about 1200 children in Sweden have grown up with a parent who went through a medical gender transition.
/Ylva
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Ylva Moberg
Researcher at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University.
ylvamoberg.com<https://ebox.su.se/owa/ylvamoberg.com>
Dear colleagues,
Some of you may be interested in my latest book where I describe and reflect on experiences as a queer father in a co-parenting arrangement in Norway. In particular the first chapter is focused on what I call queer parenting.
You can find more about the book here: https://www.routledge.com/Reflections-on-Parenting-from-a-Gestalt-Therapist…
If you are interested in a copy, you can use the discount code 26SMA1
Warmly,
Vikram
Vikram Kolmannskog
Professor, Dr. Philos.
Norwegian Gestalt Institute
Norsk Gestaltinstitutt Høyskole
Kjørbokollen 30, N-1337 Sandvika
www.gestalt.no
My latest book
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More info about the book<https://www.routledge.com/Reflections-on-Parenting-from-a-Gestalt-Therapist…>
Dear all,
Our new article was just published. We have published from the same data before in Finnish, but this is the first publication in English. It tackles social work education from LGBTQI+ perspectives and social work students' attitudes and knowledge gaps in Finland:
Clarke, K., Söderström, I., Sullivan, C. B., & Rossi, L. M. (2026). LGBTQI+ inclusion in Finnish social work education: reality or empty talk? Social Work Education, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2026.2639040
Abstract:
This article explores how homogenising views of equality and the lack of academic research on LGBTQI+ issues in Finnish social work contributes to the invisibility of gender and sexuality topics in social work education. It discusses the Finnish historical context of LGBTQI+ legislation and the struggle for legal equality. The article considers Finnish social work research on LGBTQI+ issues highlighting the shortcomings of social work practice knowledge with these communities. Through a multidimensional survey of master’s-level social work students across five Finnish universities, the study explores students’ attitudes, knowledge, and perceived readiness to work with LGBTQI+ service users. The findings show that students report positive attitudes toward LGBTQI+ people, but they also indicate significant gaps in knowledge, especially regarding structural discrimination and the specific needs of gender and sexual minorities. These gaps were more pronounced among heterosexual students, suggesting that personal identity may play a greater role than formal education in shaping awareness of LGBTQI+ issues. The findings of the limited survey imply the need for more explicit inclusion of LGBTQI+ perspectives in social work curricula, which require further research and pedagogical strategies that promote critical reflection, intersectional analysis, and LGBTQI+ affirmative practice.
Best regards, Ilo Söderström
Ilo Söderström
DSocSci, Postdoctoral researcher
Social Work
Tampere University
Hankkeet / Projects:
Sijaishuollon arjen utopiat: monivähemmistöiset nuoret kuvittelemassa ja tekemässä parempaa tulevaisuutta - Koneen Säätiö<https://koneensaatio.fi/apurahat-ja-residenssipaikat/sijaishuollon-arjen-ut…>
AFFIRM-ED —Affirmative education in social and healthcare for sexual and gender diversity – Nordic collaboration project 2025-2027<https://blogs.helsinki.fi/affirmed-nordic-lgbtqia/>
