Music therapists’ attitudes and actions regarding the LGBTQ community: A preliminary report

Whitehead-Pleaux, Annette; Donnenwerth, Amy M.; Robinson, Beth; Hardy, Spencer; Oswanski, Leah; Forinash, Michele; Hearns, Maureen C.; Anderson, Natasha; Tan, Xueli

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2013.05.006

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“…Music therapy research regarding transgender clients has been increasing in recent years (e.g., Whitehead-Pleaux et al, 2012). Whitehead-Pleaux and colleagues (2013) investigated music therapists’ attitudes regarding the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning) community. They found that over half of their respondents did not feel prepared to work with the LGBTQ community.…”

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Music Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Transgender Students and Supportive School Practices

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Goff²

2016

Journal of Research in Music Education

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The purpose of this study was to measure music teachers' attitudes toward transgender individuals and toward school practices that support transgender students. Participants (N = 612) included men and women who teach a variety of music subjects in elementary, middle, and high schools, in urban, suburban, and rural areas. An online questionnaire was distributed to participants representing 28 states in the United States. The questionnaire consisted of demographic information and several attitudinal statements designed to measure music teachers' attitudes toward transgender individuals (MT-ATTI) and music teachers' attitudes toward supportive school practices (MT-ATSSP). The results indicated that participants had fairly positive attitudes overall. Multiple regression analyses also revealed that gender and political persuasion on social issues significantly predicted participants' scores on the MT-ATTI and the MT-ATSSP; female participants had more positive attitudes than did male participants, and individuals identifying as more socially liberal had more positive attitudes than did those identifying as more socially conservative. The variables of school location and age did not significantly predict scores on the MT-ATTI or the MT-ATSSP. Implications for teacher preparation programs and professional development are discussed, and future directions for research are recommended

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Music Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Transgender Students and Supportive School Practices

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2016

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“…These oversights highlight the power of the dominant binary cis and heterosexual culture to marginalize and ignore minority groups -the importance of which needs to be discussed during training. Preliminary results showed that the field of music therapy needs to develop competencies around queer practices by valuing, supporting, and affirming identities in all aspects of music therapy (Whitehead-Pleaux et al, 2013). These results are echoed by Bain et al (2016) and endorsed by Hadley's prior critique of dominant narratives (2013).…”

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Queering the Curriculum: Why Music Therapy and Other Creative Arts Therapy Trainings Need Queer Theory

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Music therapy academic faculty responsible for teaching the next generation of healthcare practitioners have a special responsibility to ensure that the learning environment is one in which the principles of equity and inclusion are upheld and practiced. When LGBTQ+ content is unavailable in the educational environment, it marks the presence of overt and covert hostility and microaggressions toward LGBTQ+ people and their identities. The classroom then exists as a heteronormative and cisnormative space that places the burden on students to discover, include and manage reference to LGBTQ+ identities and experiences. Socially constructed roles which relied on limited conceptions of a normative binary that recognized only hetero and cis male and female identities is shifting; LGBTQ+ people are increasingly reflected in the media and our society, creating opportunities for deep thinking and expansion. Reviewing current teaching environments and methods allows consideration of the kinds of social constructions that limit our capacity as educators and music therapists to fully include LTBTQ+ people and content. In this paper, two LGBTQ+ relatively recent music therapy graduates and two hetero cis seasoned feminist music therapy educators use anti-oppressive practice theory to reflect on and reveal predominant heteronormative and cisnormative values in music therapy education and reflect on ways to make classroom and practicum settings a safe and exploring space for all students and their clients.

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“…Recently, music therapy literature began to explore theories on work with the LGBTQ community (Harris, 2019;Lee, 2008;Whitehead-Pleaux et. al., 2012,, 2013 and Bain, Grzanka, and Crowe (2016) opened the conversation around queer theory, by inviting music therapists to consider a framework for use with LGBTQ youth. The authors noted, "This theoretical framework advances a conceptual model of queer music therapy that emphasizes opportunities for empowerment as opposed to assuming vulnerability and/or 'fixing ' LGBTQ individuals" (p. 29).…”

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Queer as a Bell: Music and the Psychotherapeutic Relationship

Harris¹

2019

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Musical co-creation between the client and the therapist can be used as a means of skewing the dominant paradigms of the historically hierarchal psychotherapeutic relationship. This process, known as queering, opens the possibility for new ways of being in therapy space that may support empowerment of both the client and the therapist. Music engagement contributes to an intersubjective dynamic where the therapist's material may enter the session space more vulnerably and authentically than through a purely verbal process. When viewed critically through a queered perspective, this intersubjectivity may allow for a decrease in the power differential traditionally associated with the client–therapist dyad. In this article, a queer theoretical perspective is used to examine the unique role music and creativity play in this therapeutic relationship. Current queer, linguistic, and creative arts therapy theory are examined to support the hypothesis.

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Music therapists’ attitudes and actions regarding the LGBTQ community: A preliminary report

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Music Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Transgender Students and Supportive School Practices

Music Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Transgender Students and Supportive School Practices

Queering the Curriculum: Why Music Therapy and Other Creative Arts Therapy Trainings Need Queer Theory

Queer as a Bell: Music and the Psychotherapeutic Relationship

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