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Young, Māori and Queer: Research into rangatahi takatāpui

<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; arial&comma; helvetica&comma; sans-serif&semi;"><strong>The experiences of &amacr;konga M&amacr;ori who identify as rangatahi takat&amacr;pui – members of the LGBTQIA&plus; community – have been highlighted in the findings of a research project published this month&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; arial&comma; helvetica&comma; sans-serif&semi;"><em>Ko t&amacr;tou t&emacr;nei &vert; This is us<&sol;em> is action research that shares the t&umacr;r&amacr;kau &sol; stories&comma; of five rangatahi takat&amacr;pui and includes resources for kaiako &sol; teachers&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; arial&comma; helvetica&comma; sans-serif&semi;">Supportd by CORE Education and written by Lex Davis Te Rarawa and Josh Hough&comma; &&num;8216&semi;the research report ensures that these narratives are authentic&semi; created by the youth and accessible by the people who they have direct contact with and impact on their lives&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"pullquote"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; arial&comma; helvetica&comma; sans-serif&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In this work&comma; we wished to honour the identities of rangatahi takat&amacr;pui and share their voice through an experience that would sustain their M&amacr;ori&comma; LGBTQIA&plus; and Gen Z worlds&comma;” said Davis and Hough in a joint statement&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; arial&comma; helvetica&comma; sans-serif&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;After reviewing this research&comma; we hope you feel better supported to contribute to equitable outcomes for this marginalised group of young people&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; arial&comma; helvetica&comma; sans-serif&semi;">For free access to the research report and resources&comma; visit <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;core-ed&period;org&sol;research-and-innovation&sol;ko-tatou-tenei-this-is-us&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;hear-their-voices&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;intro-core-database-edm&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;email&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;learn-more" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Ko t&amacr;tou t&emacr;nei &vert; This is us » CORE Education &lpar;core-ed&period;org&rpar; <&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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