Abstract
Although social works literature still deals with issues of sexual identities rather marginally, more and more voices recognize these issues as central to social work and its professional mandate. Therefore, it becomes an important question, what theoretical and conceptual perspectives can help to develop adequate knowledge and critical understandings of sexuality and gender, capable of guiding professional action in practice. Social work education can lay the groundwork for antioppressive social work practice related to sexual identities. The article explores the knowledge base capable of this, by introducing a post-structural (queer) perspective and linking it to antioppressive, and anti-discriminatory practice-concepts rooted in structural social work approaches.