Use of stop-motion animation to address LGBTIAQ+ issues

In my master thesis I explored stop-motion animation as a tool for addressing LGBTIAQ+ topics. I linked the technique to youth work and non-formal learning and presented stop-motion animation as a new method to address marginalised topics. I was questioning how stop-motion animation can be used to present these kinds of topics that can empower members of marginalised groups on the one hand, and serve as an educational tool for the general public on the other. I started from different theoretical backgrounds that are relevant for my work and that helped me to carry out my empirical work. In the theoretical part I presented the theory of hegemonic discourse, stigma, queer theories, transfeminism, youth work and non-formal learning, and art theory in relation to stop-motion animation. In the empirical part, I divided my practical work into four parts: presentation of the planning and running of the stop-motion animation workshop, group interview with the participants of the workshop, presentation of the training workshop for the youth workers, analysis of the questionnaire for the youth workers, and ongoing self-reflection of myself as a researcher