Disruption of Desire by Religion

Abstract

In the process of understanding the social dynamics of intersecting identities within the field of social work in order to optimize the socio-psychological assistance to queer Muslim adolescents in the Netherlands, this thesis is about exploring the lived experiences of the social dynamics between social workers and the target group of queer Muslim adolescents who face socio-psycholocial problems concerning their sexual identity. Furthermore it takes up on the question to what extend social workers use the concept of ‘passing’, presented by Judith Butler, as a strategy to cross borders of cultural and sexual identity in order to make the caunseling towards queer Muslim adolescents more effective.