scholarly journals Gender Minority Stress and Health Perceptions Among Transgender Individuals in a Small Metropolitan Southeastern Region of the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Griffin ◽  
Tracy N. Casanova ◽  
Elizabeth D. Eldridge-Smith ◽  
Lara M. Stepleman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Perceptions ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Stress And Health ◽  
Southeastern Region

scholarly journals “Here in the Bible Belt, It’s Predominantly Negative”: Sexual Identity Stigma in the American South, 50 Years After Stonewall

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Frey ◽  
William J. Hall ◽  
Jeremy T. Goldbach ◽  
Paul Lanier
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mental Health Disparities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
United States South ◽  
The Impact

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and pansexual (LGB+) individuals have disproportionate rates of mental illness. Minority stress and sexual identity stigma are posited as the primary social determinants of LGB+ mental health disparities. Discussions in the literature have questioned the impact of sexual identity stigma in a world increasingly accepting of sexual minorities. Additionally, the LGB+ population in the United States South is often overlooked in American research. This article details a qualitative study exploring experiences related to sexual identity stigma among adults who identify as LGB+ in the United States South. Semi-structured interviews with 16 individuals were analyzed using content analysis. Six thematic categories of stigma emerged from participants’ experiences: (a) navigating an LGB+ identity, (b) social acceptability of an LGB+ identity, (c) expectation of LGB+ stigma, (d) interpersonal discrimination and harassment, (e) structural stigma, and (f) relationship with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Findings suggest that sexual identity stigma remains a common experience among these Southern United States participants. Further, thematic categories and subcategories primarily aligned with extant theory with one exception: Intracommunity stigma, a form of stigma emanating from the LGBTQ community, emerged as a stigma type not currently accounted for in theoretical foundations underpinning mental health disparities in this population.

scholarly journals Addressing the Disproportionate Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Gender Minority Populations in the United States: Actions Toward Equity

LGBT Health ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 279-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Phillips II ◽  
Dylan Felt ◽  
Megan M. Ruprecht ◽  
Xinzi Wang ◽  
Jiayi Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Minority Populations ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals COVID-19 and LGBTQ Emerging Adults: Risk in the Face of Social Distancing

2020 ◽  
pp. 216769682096869
Author(s):  
Barrett Scroggs ◽  
Heather A. Love ◽  
Chelsey Torgerson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face

The coronavirus pandemic that began in December 2019 (COVID-19) quickly spread globally with an increased transmission in the United States beginning in March 2020. Social distancing guidelines were instituted across the country, limiting contact individuals could have with others. This compared the mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) emerging adults who completed the survey before ( n = 1,190) many social distancing guidelines went into effect with those who completed the survey after ( n = 705). Participants who participated in the survey after social distancing guidelines were initiated reported lower levels of hope for the future, higher levels of alcohol use, a lower sense of connection to and pride regarding the LGBTQ community, and a lower sense of minority stress. Results indicate a detrimental response to social distancing in the days immediately following the onset of such guidelines as confusion reigned and expectations changed day to day.

Informational Needs of Urinary Incontinent Patients on Online Peer Support Groups-A Pilot Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1689-1693
Author(s):  
Emma Scharett ◽  
Shraddhaa Narasimha ◽  
Kapil Chalil Madathil ◽  
Mackenzie Klein Wilson ◽  
Nicole Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Research Team ◽  
The United States ◽  
Informational Needs ◽  
Word Count ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry ◽  
Nursing Department ◽  
Southeastern Region

People suffering from Urinary Incontinence (UI) seek support and advice through online communities. The research team conducted a content analysis of nafc.org to investigate characteristics of information searched by users to analyze the effectiveness of this forum. Forty posts and the corresponding 249 responses were randomly selected and analyzed using a classification system derived by a research team from a nursing department in one of the universities in the southeastern region of the United States. The Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) generated an average tone rating of 35.21 for question posts and 53.20 for response posts. The findings highlighted the user’s need to seek advice concerning symptoms of UI resulting in 72.5% of question posts in this category and the responders need to empathize with the initial poster by sharing their own experiences resulting in 41.76% of responses in this category. We plan to continue the study with the analysis of 200 questions and their corresponding responses to better explore the emotions and needs shared in the forum.

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