Gender Group at Peak House: Making space beyond inclusion, resisting cis- and heteronormativity

International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work. 2019 | No.4​
Authored by Bhupie Dulay, Graeme Sampson, Stefanie Krasnow and Vikki Reynolds. 

Gender Group is an ever-evolving therapeutic group at Peak House. Peak House is a live-in program for 13 to 18-year-olds of all genders who are struggling with problematic substance use, exploitation and oppression in their lives. This article explores Gender Group’s historical and current attempts to make space while resisting sexualised and gendered violence, cisnormativity and heteronormativity. 

I think Gender Group was the most healing group for me… I was comfortable to talk about things that had a really big impact on me and that had a lot to do with my drug use. (Jade)

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