scholarly journals Faggot Speaks: A Poetic Inquiry into the Experience of Antigay Mistreatment and Sexual Prejudice

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvio Machado
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Sexual Prejudice ◽  
Chronic Social Stress ◽  
Poetic Inquiry ◽  
Autobiographical Poetry ◽  
Minority Stress Model

Research suggests that, compared to heterosexual counterparts, gay men and other sexual minorities are at higher risk of developing emotional distress and mental disorders. The sexual minority stress model attributes these health disparities to the chronic social stress that arises in response to exposure to antigay mistreatment and sexual prejudice pervasive in the culture. Little research has been done to illuminate the lived experience of exposure to prejudiced behaviors and attitudes and this inquiry aims to begin to fill this gap by addressing the following questions: What is the experience of being mistreated for being gay or perceived as gay? What is the experience of being exposed to sexual prejudice when one is gay? Using the writing of autobiographical poetry as a process of inquiry and the resulting poems as narrative data, I explore my own experiences with antigay encounters and sexual prejudice over the course of my life. The intent is to vivify and magnify the phenomenon under investigation via evocative poetic renderings aimed to foster empathy and embodied understanding in the reader.

A Minority Stress Model for Suicidal Ideation in Gay Men

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Michaels ◽  
Mike C. Parent ◽  
Carrie L. Torrey
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Minority Stress Model

scholarly journals Gay and Lesbian Experiences of Discrimination, Health, and Well-Being

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mason Garrison ◽  
Michael J. Doane ◽  
Marta Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
Minority Stress Model ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Fast Acting ◽  
Health And Well Being

Sexual minorities have poorer mental and physical health than heterosexuals; these health disparities are consistently attributed to discrimination. However, the mechanisms linking discrimination with health outcomes remain unclear. This exploratory study examines whether fast-acting mechanisms, like the minority stress model's “stressful social environment[s],” contribute to these disparities by exploiting the unanticipated election of Donald Trump on November 8, 2016. Gay men and lesbians participated in a 10-day longitudinal daily-diary study, beginning the day before the election (November 7–16, 2016). On the day after the election, participants reported immediate changes in health (e.g., depression, Cohen’s d = 1.33; illness, 0.44), well-being (e.g., happiness, −0.91), and discrimination (0.45). The immediacy and magnitude of participants’ responses are consistent with the minority stress model. This study provides a window into the experiences of gay men and lesbians, and illustrates how minority stresses, such as political uncertainty and discrimination, may impact vulnerable sexual minorities.

scholarly journals Depressive Symptom Trajectories, Aging-Related Stress, and Sexual Minority Stress Among Midlife and Older Gay Men

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Wight ◽  
Frederick Harig ◽  
Carol S. Aneshensel ◽  
Roger Detels
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptom ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Symptom Trajectories ◽  
Sexual Minority Stress ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Older Gay Men

scholarly journals Identity, Stress, and Resilience in Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals of Color

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan H. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Stress Theory ◽  
Competing Hypotheses ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Core Questions ◽  
Racial Ethnic

The author addresses two issues raised in Moradi, DeBlaere, and Huang’s Major Contribution to this issue: the intersection of racial/ethnic and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) identities and the question of stress and resilience. The author expands on Moradi et al.’s work, hoping to encourage further research. On the intersection of identities, the author notes that LGB identities among people of color have been construed as different from the identities of White LGB persons, purportedly because of an inherent conflict between racial/ethnic and gay identities.The author suggests that contrary to this, LGB people of color can have positive racial/ethnic and LGB identities. On the question of stress and resilience, hypotheses have suggested that compared with White LGB individuals, LGB people of color have both more stress and more resilience. The author addresses the competing hypotheses within the larger perspective of minority stress theory, noting that the study of stress and resilience among LGB people of color is relevant to core questions about social stress as a cause of mental disorders.

scholarly journals Building Resilience in Gender and Sexual Minority Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-113
Author(s):  
Diane Verrochi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Sexual Minority Youth ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Lgbtq Youth ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
The Many ◽  
Minority Stress Model

LGBTQ youth are at particularly high risk for various health disparities, many of which are often explained using Meyer's Minority Stress Model (2003). Seminars using peer support strategies are helpful in supporting this age group. This article describes a workshop offered at a conference for LGBTQ youth to empower them to build resilience to the many stresses they will experience as they grow into tomorrow's leaders.

Sexual Minority Stress, Aging, and Depression in Lesbians and Gay Men

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Y. Stephenson ◽  
Jonathan J. W. Mueller ◽  
Hilary Sluis ◽  
Nicole D. Ng ◽  
Wendy Ratto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Sexual Minority Stress

scholarly journals Substance use and sexual minority status: examining the mediating roles of stress and emotion dysregulation in young adult women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connor McCabe ◽  
Alison Hipwell ◽  
Kate Keenan ◽  
Stephanie Stepp ◽  
Tammy Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

Sexual minority women (SMW) report higher rates of substance use and disorder across the lifespan, and greater levels of minority stress in adolescence and young adulthood. Minority stress mediation models propose that higher levels of social stressors may increase emotion dysregulation, which in turn increases the propensity toward substance misuse. Few studies, however, have prospectively examined the impact of stressors and emotion dysregulation among SMW on early and escalating substance use. This longitudinal study examined whether emotion dysregulation and social stress mediated the association between sexual minority status and developing substance use (ages 17 through 22 years) in a sample of 2,201 heterosexual and 246 SMW participants in the Pittsburgh Girls Study. Results supported serial mediation processes of marijuana use risk: SMW reported higher levels of social stress in late adolescence, which in turn predicted greater emotion dysregulation that was associated with greater marijuana use by young adulthood.

Explaining the Suicide Risk of Sexual Minority Individuals by Contrasting the Minority Stress Model with Suicide Models

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1559-1570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Plöderl ◽  
Maximilian Sellmeier ◽  
Clemens Fartacek ◽  
Eva-Maria Pichler ◽  
Reinhold Fartacek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Minority Stress Model
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