“This is the World I Thought It Was.” Working with Emergent Adults Living at the Intersections of Queer and Racialized Identities During a Time of Anti-Trans Politics and Genocide.

AbstractYouth living at the intersections of multiple marginalized identities are navigating a polarized context where civil liberties are threatened. The aim of this paper is to provide a theoretically framed illustration of how my practice has evolved since Fall 2023 through the genocide of Palestinians. I define and illustrate five theories that guide my work, and provide anti-oppressive occupational reformulations of witnessing and self-care. A liberatory occupational analysis of cultural activity highlights the centrality of history and rootedness in land, collective memory and storytelling, transgenerational continuity, and political resistance, for healing during a time of active traumatization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]