Mobility tactics : young LGBTIQ+ Indigenous Australians' belonging and connectedness

Although previous research indicates a positive relationship between community belonging and well-being in Indigenous Australian contexts, little is known about how this relationship is experienced by Indigenous Australians who are gender and/or sexually diverse. Drawing from qualitative interviews with LGBTIQ+ Indigenous youth, we explore concepts of belonging and connectedness and how these concepts relate to their identities and lived experiences of 'community'. Although many participants shared similar experiences of conflict and isolation from their Indigenous kinship or geographically located communities, they also emphasised the importance and collective transformative potential of Indigenous LGBTIQ+ community-building that is aroused when forging new communities of belonging and connectedness.