The aim of this study was to describe and analyze the terms for lgbtq people in an honor context. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews have been conducted with six people who identify with the lgbtq community and who describe that they have been exposed to honor related norms. The interviews were analyzed using Stockholms stads model about the staircase of honor and Suad Joseph's theory of connectivity. The results show that due to partly methodological shortcomings, it is difficult to determine whether the target group has been exposed to honor related norms or not. This is partly due to the fact that too few questions were asked about how the honor was expressed, but also to the fact that it is difficult to determine whether the target group is exposed to violence due to honor or due to heteronorms. Despite this, there are similarities between the interviewees and previous literature on the target group in terms of vulnerability, strategies and consequences. The conclusion is therefore that further research on the target group is needed to be able to more easily determine when people in the target group have been exposed to honor related norms or not.

Syftet med den här kvalitativa studien har varit att undersöka hur socialsekreterare upplevermöjligheten till familjebehandling i familjer där hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck (HRV)förekommer. Halvstrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med yrkesverksammasocialsekreterare eller socionomer, som under de fem senaste åren arbetat somsocialsekreterare. Studiens teoretiska ram bestod av begreppen orientalism, essentialism,konstruktivism och ett intersektionellt perspektiv. Resultatet visar att socialsekreterarnaupplever möjligheten till familjebehandling, i dessa kontexter, som begränsad.Intervjupersonerna beskriver arbetet som komplext där ett förändringsarbete sällan är möjligt,då hedersnormer och kultur beskrivs vara djupt rotade och svåra att förändra.Familjebehandling beskrivs även som en kompletterande insats till mer omfattande insatsersåsom placering utanför hemmet, och anses därför i de flesta fall inte fungera som en isoleradinsats. Utifrån intervjupersonernas beskrivningar kan det tolkas som att synen består av attdet ofta handlar om grovt våld och förtryck, vilket motiverar omfattande och ingripandeåtgärder. En annan faktor till den begränsade möjligheten att bevilja familjebehandling kanutifrån intervjuerna, förstås vara en brist på kunskap och insatser riktade mot dessa familjer.För att motverka HRV kan det utifrån intervjupersonernas utsagor, förstås viktigt att arbetamed förebyggande insatser för att bryta den isolering många familjer upplever. / The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how social workers perceive thepossibility of family treatment in families experiencing honor-based violence and oppression(HBV). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers, or social workerswho have worked in the field within the past five years. The theoretical framework of thestudy included orientalism, essentialism, constructivism and an intersectional perspective.The results show that social workers perceive the possibility of family treatment in thesecontexts as limited. The interviewees describe the work as complex, where bringing aboutchange is rarely possible as honor-norms and culture are described as deeply rooted anddifficult to alter. Family treatment is also understood as a complementary intervention tomore comprehensive measures such as out-of-home placement and is therefore generally notconsidered effective as a standalone intervention. Based on the interviewees’ descriptions,there is often a motivation to implement more comprehensive and interventionist measuresdue to the severity of the violence and oppression. Another factor contributing to the limitedpossibility of approving family therapy, could be a lack of knowledge and targetedinterventions for these families. To counter HBV, it is important to work on preventivemeasures to break the isolation experienced by families.