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Shakara Liddelow-Hunt

Research Assistant; PhD Candidate

Shakara Liddelow-Hunt

Research Assistant; PhD Candidate

BPhil(Hons)

shakara.liddelow-hunt@thekids.org.au

+61 8 6219 1062

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Shakara is a Research Assistant on the Walkern Katatdjin (Rainbow Knowledge) project, which aims to explore the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ young people. She is a Wajarri Yamatji woman who grew up on Noongar country.

Shakara holds a Bachelor of Philosophy with First Class Honours in Anthropology and Sociology from the University of Western Australia.

Projects

Rainbow Knowledge: Broome & Kununurra

Rainbow Knowledge: Broome & Kununurra is a First Nations led research project that aims to explore the perspectives, social emotional wellbeing (SEWB) and mental health experiences of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Asexual (LGBTQA+) or other sexually

Training Service Providers to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ youth

Walkern Katatdjin (Rainbow Knowledge)

Published research

Conceptualising Wellbeing for Australian Aboriginal LGBTQA+ Young People

It is likely that young people who are both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTQA+ would be at increased risk for poor mental health outcomes due to the layered impacts of discrimination they experience; however, there is very little empirical evidence focused on the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ young people. The current study represents a qualitative exploration of wellbeing among Aboriginal LGBTQA+ young people.