Cultural Stigma and Coping Skills Among LGBTQ Individuals
The term “LGBTQ” refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning individuals. It is an acronym that stands for those...
How do internalized negative beliefs about bisexuality affect your self-esteem, emotional resilience, and decision-making?
Internalizing negative beliefs about oneself can have significant impacts...
The phenomenon of queer temporality refers to how individuals perceive time differently based on their identity and lived experiences. In particular, it is characterized by an awareness of the...
How do conservative social norms influence perceptions of queer relationships, family structures, and intimacy?
Conservative social norms are values, attitudes, behaviors, traditions, beliefs,...
How does clerical authority influence the moral framing of bisexual identity within communities?
Bisexuality is an attractiveness to people of more than one gender. It has been present throughout...
Mental Health Outcomes of LGBTQ Populations
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to one in four people experience some form of mental illness during their lifetime.
This rate...
I will explore the long-term psychological consequences of internalized stigma regarding sexual orientation or gender identity. This is an important issue that affects millions of people worldwide...
One way that personality traits can influence how individuals respond to discrimination, stigma, and societal marginalization is through their ability to regulate emotions and cope with stress....
Effects of Repeated Disclosure of Sexual/Gender Identity in Unsupportive Settings
Individuals who experience discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity may face...
There has been growing attention to the experiences of bisexual men, particularly their challenges in dating and socializing within a culture that is largely centered around cisheterosexual norms....