Here is a glossary defining terms that we use on our webpage or that you might encounter when reading about LGBTQ+ issues. There are links to versions in French, German, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese as well.

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Here are some LGBTQ+ affirmative resources that can help you learn about your rights, consider how to create safety at school, and can help in times of crisis. Also, there is a resource that lists international groups that support LGBTQ+ people with across a variety of issues.

Here are talks about issues related to LGBTQ+ people:

Access health-related webinars by the National LGBT Health Education Center at: https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/lgbt-education/webinars/

View trainings for LGBTQ patient-centered care by the Human Rights Campaign at:

https://www.hrc.org/hei/hei-training-on-the-cal

To learn more about the research that these exercises are based upon, please see the bibliography on our About our Research webpage.

This section describes other work that our team is excited to share!

Levitt, H. M., Kehoe, K. K., & Hand, A. B. (2023). Beyond minority stress: Toward a multidimensional psychology of trans/nonbinary gender. Current Opinion in Psychology, 49. Online First: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101515

You can find it at the journal website.

Although research that documents minority stress caused to LGBTQ + people supports needed advocacy, it can concomitantly cause harm to communities by portraying them as depleted and powerless. This review article assesses if and how researchers who study minority stress also center inter-personal functions of gender expression that are agentic for trans/nonbinary (TNB) people. These functions were coded in the qualitative research related to minority stress for TNB people over the last five years. Findings revealed that while most interpersonal functions of gender were described rarely, especially those associated with TNB communities of color, damage-centered perspectives were common. Damage-centered perspectives were common. We charge the field to expand its scope of inquiry, center functionalist and agency-focused research, and to develop a multidimensional psychology of gender.

Maroney, M. R., & Horne, S. G. (2022). “Tuned into a different channel”: Autistic transgender adults’ experiences of intersectional stigma. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 69(6), 761-774.

You can find it at the journal website.

In this critical-constructivist grounded theory study, we interviewed 13 autistic-transgender, nonbinary, and/or gender diverse (TNG) individuals on the intersection of their autistic-TNG identities and how they resisted marginalization related to these experiences. Analysis revealed the experiences of living in a world that "doesn't seem quite set up the right way" and situated autistic-TNG experiences in complex set of intersectional processes that require navigating relationships, health care systems, and safety challenges living in a heterosexist, cissexist, and ableist society. Participants had to constantly assess the safety and disclosure of their identities in the face of oppressive systems while claiming space and creating community that affirmed them. We conclude by highlighting the importance of taking an intersectional lens to highlight the many positive aspects of being autistic and TNG, which have been largely absent in research and clinical dialogues. We provide some suggestions for providing culturally responsive mental health and ways neurotypical and cisgender people can begin to challenge ableist and cissexist narratives in their clinical practice and research, alongside autistic-TNG people.

Horne, S. G. (2020). The challenges and promises of transnational LGBTQ psychology: Somewhere over and under the rainbow. American Psychologist, 75(9), 1358–1371.

You can find it at the journal website.

This article explores the influence of psychology developed in WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) contexts and its relationship to transnational lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) concerns. It covers several points associated with an LGBTQ movement forward fallacy, including the limitations of identitarian methods of analysis; presumption of visibility as a necessary aspect of LGBTQ emancipation; the centering of oppression narratives in LGBTQ international scholarship; the assumption of the relevance and desirability of WEIRD concepts; and the difficulties in applying human rights discourses to achieve LGBTQ emancipation. A transnational LGBTQ psychology that honors the authentic lives of LGBTQ people and decolonizes and dismantles context-specific homophobia/transphobia-related stigma is discussed. Finally, the promising directions of transnational LGBTQ psychology through research directions, networking, and advocacy are described.

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