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A thoughtful, compassionate look at how racism in Canadian GLBT communities affects gay men of color. Giwa highlights the strategies utilized by these resilient men in order to lead strong, effective lives. Racism and Gay Men of Color is required reading for scholars, students, and activists.

Our study investigated racial profiling of Black youth in Toronto and linked this racial profiling to urban disadvantage theory, which highlights neighbourhood-level processes. Our findings provide empirical evidence suggesting that because of racial profiling, Black youth are subject to disproportionately more stops for gun-, traffic-, drug-, and suspicious activity-related reasons. Moreover, they show that drug-related stop-and-searches of Black youth occur most excessively in neighbourhoods where more White people reside and are less disadvantaged, demonstrating that race-and-place profiling of Black youth exists in police stop-and-search practices. This study shows that the theoretical literature in sociology on neighbourhood characteristics can contribute to an understanding of the relationship between race and police stops in the context of neighbourhood. It also discusses the negative impact of racial profiling on Black youth.

By centralizing the experiences of seven, urban, self-identified Two-Spirit Indigenous people in Toronto, this paper addresses the settler-colonial complexities that arise within contemporary queer politics: how settler colonialism has seeped into Pride Toronto's contemporary Queer politics to normalize White queer settler subjectivities and disavow Indigenous Two-Spirit subjectivities. Utilizing Morgensen's settler homonationalism, the authors underscore that contemporary Queer politics in Canada rely on the eroticization of Two-Spirit subjectivities, Queer settler violence, and the production of (White) Queer narratives of belonging that simultaneously promote the inclusion and erasure of Indigenous presence. Notwithstanding Queer settler-colonial violence, Two-Spirit peoples continue to engage in settler resistance by taking part in Pride Toronto and problematizing contemporary manifestations of settler homonationalism. Findings highlight the importance of challenging the workings of settler colonialism within contemporary Queer politics in Canada, and addressing the tenuous involvements of Indigenous Two-Spirit peoples within Pride festivals. The article challenges non-Indigenous Queers of color, racialized diasporic, and White, to consider the value of a future that takes seriously the conditions of settler colonialism and White supremacy.

"Transforming Community Policing takes a different approach to community policing than that of its peers: it focuses on community collaboration and community-based problem solving, rather than police outreach and police-led problem solving. This type of community-based policing is seen by many as the future of policing."--

The influence of stigma and discrimination on sex workers' perceptions of safety is not well documented outside of Canada's three largest provinces—Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec. This qualitative preliminary study examines sex workers' perceptions of front-line police officer's ability to ensure their safety. This research draws on four semi-structured in-depth interviews with female-identifying sex workers in X. Guided by an anti-oppressive social justice framework, our thematic analysis of the interviews identified three major findings. First, police and public stigma impacted sex workers' ability to work safely, to interact with law enforcement, and to combat the interpersonal violence committed against them. Second, the need for alternative means of safety outside of police protection was expressed. Specifically, sex workers often depended on personal safety plans and the help and support of other sex workers to reduce their risk and exposure to violence. Third, existing provincial and federal legislation impacted sex workers' ability to remain safe at work. Findings suggest the need for ongoing research to understand the challenges and barriers to sex workers' safety, so that they can be addressed through evidence-informed, stigma reduction strategies.

This qualitative case study explored whether the settlement and integration needs of racialized lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) newcomers were being met. A total of eight stakeholders, representing either a settlement organization or an LGBTQ‐serving organization in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, participated in an invitation‐only focus group discussion. Informed by intersectionality theory and using thematic analysis of memos and triangulated arts‐informed visual recording, two overarching themes were identified: (i) challenges encountered in providing settlement and integration services; and (ii) solutions generated to improve their delivery. Preliminary findings suggested that the settlement needs of racialized LGBTQ newcomers were not being met; services were found to be sorely lacking; and settlement and LGBTQ providers lacked training, substantial knowledge, and resources to implement needed supports and services. However, stakeholders also envisioned the possibility of improved services for this population, such as adoption of an LGBTQ‐affirmative practice. Implications and recommendations for settlement practices, programs, and future research are discussed.Key Practitioner Message: • Settlement and LGBTQ service provider organizations must address current system inequities and commit to providing settlement and integration services to racialized LGBTQ newcomers in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; • Interprofessional collaboration between settlement and LGBTQ service provider organizations can support the implementation of, and improve access to, culturally appropriate settlement services and programs for racialized LGBTQ newcomers; • Using data‐driven methodologies, racialized LGBTQ newcomers should be consulted on their settlement and integration needs, to align these needs with service delivery.

An inclusive and informative guide to self-acceptance of one's gender and sexual identity, built from collaboration across the political spectrum on best practices to have respectful and affirmative engagement with and about intersectional LGBTQIA+-identified individuals.

Acknowledgements --About the Authors --Foreword:Still Fighting for Change /Rajean N. Willis, Rachelle Sweeting, Veronica Marsman, Vivian Dixon, Yvette Jarvis and Wanda Thomas Bernard --Foundation for the Social Work Profession /Delores V. Mullings, Jennifer Clarke, Sulaimon Giwa, Wanda Thomas Bernard and David Este --Part 1:Context and Foundation --In Our Own Words: This Is the Beginning /Jennifer Clarke, Delores V. Mullings, Wanda Thomas Bernard, David Este and Sulaimon Giwa --Social Work Pioneers /Christopher Walmsley, Wanda Thomas Bernard and David Este --Decolonizing Social Work Research /Lori A. Chambers --Part 2:Institutionalization of Black Bodies --Colour of Child Welfare: Overrepresentation of Black Children in Ontario Child Welfare /Jennifer Clarke, Gordon Pon and Doret Phillips --Cultural Production of Problem Baby Mamas /Anita Rachel Ewan, Delores V. Mullings and Jennifer Clarke --Black Caribbean Canadian Elders /Delores V. Mullings, Sulaimon Giwa and Anda Adam --Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Access to Mental Health Services /Wesley Crichlow, Ellen Faulkner and Kirk Leach --Out of the Shadows: Race and (Dis)Ability among African Nova Scotians /Rajean N. Willis, Kimberly M. Berry and Wanda Thomas Bernard --Practice Modalities in Health Care with Black Canadians /Notisha Massaquoi and Delores V. Mullings --Black Women's Resilience: Therapy and Support for Refugee Women /Joelleann Forbes, Deone Curling and Simone Donaldson --Black Lives under Lockdown: COVID-19 and Racial Injustice Converge /Jennifer Clarke, Delores V. Mullings and Sulaimon Giwa --Epilogue In Conversation:This Is Not the End /Delores V. Mullings, Jennifer Clarke, Sulaimon Giwa, Wanda Thomas Bernard, Dave Este, Heather Kere Quelleng, Amma Gyamfowa and Anne-Marie Hay --Index