Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-26-2023
Abstract
Social work in Poland and in the United States shares the values of human dignity and self-determination, but there are often value conflicts in terms of how various groups experience social roles and social expectations. This paper explores the use of multiple lenses to understand the past and current conditions for LGBT+ people in Poland. An international, university-level collaboration uses a framework of “invisible groups” to highlight the needs of those who are on the margins of society and whose human and individual rights are suppressed. The article reviews the results of a recently published on-line survey of LGBT+ populations and their views of their experiences in Polish society to illustrate their “invisibility” and the need for advocacy from the international social work community.
Keywords
collaboration, culture, gender, human rights, sexual minorities
Publication Title
Society Register
Volume
7
Issue
3
First Page
21
Last Page
34
Rights
Copyright (c) 2023 Kathleen J. Farkas, Jaroslaw Richard Romaniuk, Hanna Mamzer
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Farkas, K. J., Romaniuk, J. R., & Mamzer, H. (2023). Using Multiple Lenses to See an Invisible Group. Society Register, 7(3), 21-34. https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2023.7.3.02