Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

This study examines associations between structural minority stress and behavioral health outcomes including suicidal ideation and behaviors, substance use, and sexual risk taking among sexual minority adolescents. Data were analyzed from the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which included 3,996 sexual minority adolescents. A series of multi-level binomal logistic models were calculated to examin…

Previous work has demonstrated the importance of social support and the deleterious effects of peer victimization on mental health among lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ+) youth. However, most studies on social support, victimization, and mental health have focused on samples with few trans youth and have examined general social support, rather t…

Transgender and/or nonbinary (TNB) youth experience substantial stigma and discrimination in comparison to cisgender peers. While family support can buffer negative psychological effects of stigma and discrimination, TNB youth experience lower levels of family support. Family-level and narrative-based interventions are understudied strategies for addressing this challenge. We conducted a pilot te…