Strategies to Integrate Content on Consensual Nonmonogamy and the Transition to Parenthood Into Perinatal Education Practice.

The aim of this clinical article is to provide perinatal educators with strategies on integrating content on consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) and parenthood into their perinatal education practice. The strategies are based on both authors' research programs and clinical practices. The article is divided into six sections: an overview of CNM and parenthood, perinatal education and CNM, perinatal educators' preparation for this integration, the three guiding principles underlying this integration, the nine strategies to adapt perinatal education for CNM and parenthood, and getting support and collaboration from different levels of associations for a successful integration curriculum outcome. Acknowledging and including all partners and family members in CNM-related perinatal education programs are part of providing inclusive and comprehensive education.

Borderlands: A Place of Transformation for Nursing-Where Nepantleras Thrive.

Spaces produced in healthcare settings and research institutions tend to perpetuate marginalized populations' state of social otherness. We believe nurses from borderlands are best suited to walk between dominant (striated) spaces and margins in healthcare settings. Borderlands is a liminal space where multiple identities, places, cultures, paradigms, or ways of thinking intersect. We believe nurses can navigate these spaces by becoming walkers/travelers between worlds or as nepantleras Anzaldúa's critical rhetorical analysis framework can assist borderlands nurses to create geographies of inclusion for equity-denied groups as it is within these borderlands spaces that the dominant narratives are relegated to the margins and new spaces are imagined.

Healthcare Service Utilization and Perceived Gaps: The Experience of French-Speaking 2S/LGBTQI+ People in Manitoba.

Ethnolinguistically diverse 2S/LGBTQI+ (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex) populations have unique healthcare needs and experience health inequities compared to their cisgender or heterosexual peers. This community-based participatory study sought to describe the profile and healthcare needs and experiences of official language minority French-speaking 2S/LGBTQI+ adults in Manitoba. Participants (N = 80) reported that gender and sexual identity were often concealed from service providers; many respondents faced discrimination based on their ethnolinguistic and sexual identities. Service gaps are identified pertaining to mental and sexual health; locating 2S/LGBTQI+-friendly, patient-centred care in French is difficult. Policy and practice should address systemic inequity and discrimination experienced by this equity-seeking population.

Living in a liminal space: Experiences of 2SLGBTQ + official language minority Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The intersecting identities of those identifying with multiple minorities, such as 2SLGBTQ + and ethnolinguistic minorities, bring individuals to have unique experiences, especially concerning health and wellness. This topic is particularly poorly understood among French-speaking official language minority 2SLGBTQ + populations in Canada. Hence, this study was conducted to generate insights into their needs and experiences, through the lens of intersectionality. This quantitative community-based study, a first of its kind in Western Canada, describes the sociodemographic profile, experiences of discrimination and stigmatisation, and needs and challenges pertaining to mental health and social supports of this double minority group. Data were obtained by an online survey conducted in the Canadian province of Manitoba in June 2020. The participant sample was largely homogenous: most were under the age of 55 years, white, educated, and from urban areas. Many reported experiencing dual marginalisation, feeling unaccepted by both of their minority communities (Francophone and 2SLGBTQ+). A sense of isolation, as well as a lack of social connectedness and psychological support, were often reported. Social initiatives and mental health support within environments proactively affirming of the official language of the minority and inclusive of diverse 2SLGBTQ + identities are needed.