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Transgenderism and the Social Services : A qualitative study about transgender people and their experiences of the Social Services in Sweden

The aim of this study was to investigate how transgender people may experience the services that are offered by the Social Services. To fulfill the aim, the researchers decided to focus on the transgender peoples’ perspectives, and therefore chose to interview them and put them in an expert position. In this study a qualitative approach was used, and the data was gathered through two semi-structured face-to-face interviews. The main result was that the participants experienced that the Social Services sometimes might not have the right knowledge to give them proper information, sufficient support and the help they needed. Therefore, the participants often searched for information on their own, and the trust for the Social Services was unsatisfactory. One conclusion that could be drawn from this study was that the Social Services need to increase and improve their level of knowledge within this subject.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hig-23688
Date January 2017
CreatorsLind, Isabelle, Öhlin, Jennifer
PublisherHögskolan i Gävle, Socialt arbete, Högskolan i Gävle, Socialt arbete
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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