Experiences of Autistic Gay or Pansexual Men (Cis or Trans) and/or Non-Binary People in South Australia

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Vemel (Resh) Ramasamy, PhD candidate at Flinders University, August 2021

Greetings. I am Resh. I am a coloured autistic gay cis man and non-binary person. I also identify as asexual, aromantic, demisexual and sapiosexual. I am conducting a research project as part of my PhD study at Flinders University. The project is about the experiences of autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or non-binary person in South Australia. The project will help policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to better understand and cater for the diverse needs of autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or non-binary people. At the moment, there is little research on how best to support autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or non-binary people in Australia.

To participate in the project, you need to:

• Identify as an autistic gay or pansexual man (cis or trans) and/or non-binary person
• Be 18 years of age and older
• Able to communicate in English (written or verbal)
• Live in South Australia (rural or metropolitan)

Participating in the project will firstly involve catching up informally for a Meet and Greet session in person or online for approximately 1 hour.

If you are still keen to help in the project after the Meet and Greet session, you will be invited to attend the interviews on a separate day. You have two options:

  • Option 1 is for two individual sessions approximately 3 hours each, over a 2-week period.
  • Option 2 is for three individual sessions approximately 2 hours each, over a 3-week period.

There are also many interview choices:  it can be done in person, over Zoom or Teams, Google Forms or by email.

To thank you for your time and for helping me in the project, after the interviews, you will receive a $150.00 Coles Gift Prepaid Card which can be used at many different stores.

For more information about the project, please read the full Participant Information Sheet from page 3 onwards. My contact details can also be found on page 1 (header) and on page 24 of the
document.

What is the research project about?
 This project is about the experiences of autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or and non-binary people in South Australia.
 I consider autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or and non-binary as experts of their own lives and wants to listen to their unique life stories.

The research project wants to find out:
 Stories about the experiences of being autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or and nonbinary people.
 Stories about the interactions of autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or and non-binary people within their personal and social environment across their life span.
 Stories about how to help and support autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or and non-binary people to lead a happier and rewarding life.

Benefits of the research project:
 You might not personally benefit from taking part in the project. But the stories you share will help policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to better understand and cater for the diverse needs of autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or and non-binary people. At the moment, there is little research on how best to support autistic gay or pansexual men (cis or trans) and/or and non-binary person people in Australia which is disappointing.

The project has been approved by the Flinders University Human Research Ethics committee (project number 4307). For more information regarding ethical approval on this project, please call the ethics team on 8201 2543 or email them

 

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