The minority stress model has been influential in guiding research on sexual and gender
minority health and well-being in psychology and related social and health sciences …

For over two decades, the minority stress model has guided research on the health of
sexually-diverse individuals (those who are not exclusively heterosexual) and gender …

Minority stress theory posits that transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals exhibit
greater rates of depression and suicidality due to internal (proximal) and external (distal) …

Objective To examine reported experiences of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adults in the United States, which broadly contribute to …

Stigma is a well-documented barrier to health seeking behavior, engagement in care and
adherence to treatment across a range of health conditions globally. In order to halt the …

Deaths from COVID-19 continue to rise, and this virus has asymmetric impacts on
marginalized communities though specific impacts on sexual and gender minority …

Identity concealment affects all sexual minority individuals, with potentially complex mental
health implications. Concealing a sexual minority identity can simultaneously generate the …

Sexual minority (non-heterosexual) individuals experience higher rates of physical health
problems. Minority stress has been the primary explanatory model to account for this …

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people are disproportionately impacted by various
health issues and associated risk factors, but little is known about differences in these …

The syndemics model of health focuses on the biosocial complex, which consists of
interacting, co-present, or sequential diseases and the social and environmental factors that …