Resilience in Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals: A Critical Review of the Literature

Follins, Lourdes D.; Walker, Ja’Nina J.; Lewis, Michele K.

doi:10.1080/19359705.2013.828343

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“…Several definitions suggest that resilience is comprised of individual characteristics that serve as protective factors in coping with difficult situations [ 43 , 44 ]. Others define resilience more broadly to include social and cultural capacities or resources in addition to individual-level factors [ 45 – 47 ]. Mutchler et al argue that resilience must be understood as “referring both to individual characteristics and social mechanisms that support such characteristics” (p. 41) to avoid, for example, pathologizing sexual risk behaviour [ 48 ].…”

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The utility of resilience as a conceptual framework for understanding and measuring LGBTQ health

Colpitts

Gahagan

2016

Int J Equity Health

129

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BackgroundHistorically, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) health research has focused heavily on the risks for poor health outcomes, obscuring the ways in which LGBTQ populations maintain and improve their health across the life course. In this paper we argue that informing culturally competent health policy and systems requires shifting the LGBTQ health research evidence base away from deficit-focused approaches toward strengths-based approaches to understanding and measuring LGBTQ health.MethodsWe recently conducted a scoping review with the aim of exploring strengths-based approaches to LGBTQ health research. Our team found that the concept of resilience emerged as a key conceptual framework. This paper discusses a subset of our scoping review findings on the utility of resilience as a conceptual framework in understanding and measuring LGBTQ health.ResultsThe findings of our scoping review suggest that the ways in which resilience is defined and measured in relation to LGBTQ populations remains contested. Given that LGBTQ populations have unique lived experiences of adversity and discrimination, and may also have unique factors that contribute to their resilience, the utility of heteronormative and cis-normative models of resilience is questionable. Our findings suggest that there is a need to consider further exploration and development of LGBTQ-specific models and measures of resilience that take into account structural, social, and individual determinants of health and incorporate an intersectional lens.ConclusionsWhile we fully acknowledge that the resilience of LGBTQ populations is central to advancing LGBTQ health, there remains much work to be done before the concept of resilience can be truly useful in measuring LGBTQ health.

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The utility of resilience as a conceptual framework for understanding and measuring LGBTQ health

Colpitts

Gahagan

2016

Int J Equity Health

129

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“…In this regard, despite risk factors that would predict otherwise, Black SMW also experience protective factors that serve to buffer some of the deleterious mental health effects of interpersonal and structural minority stressors. For instance, in their review of resiliency among LGBT Black persons, Follins and colleagues discuss possible sources of support that foster positive adaptation in the face of threat or adversity (Follins, Walker, & Lewis, 2014). These sources include engagement with racial communities and religious communities, strong racial identities, and social support through the development of fictive kin relationships.…”

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Depression and Victimization in a Community Sample of Bisexual and Lesbian Women: An Intersectional Approach

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Mental health inequities among bisexual and lesbian women are well-documented. Compared to heterosexual women, both bisexual and lesbian women are more likely to report lifetime depressive disorders, with bisexual women often faring the worst on mental health outcomes. Risk factors for depression, such as victimization in childhood and adulthood, are also more prevalent among bisexual women. Less is known about the intersection of racial/ethnic and sexual minority identities, and how depression and victimization may differ across these multiple, co-occurring identities. Data were from Wave 3 of the Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women study, an 18-year, community-based longitudinal study of sexual minority women's health. We constructed a six-category "intersection" variable based on sexual identity and race/ethnicity to examine group differences in lifetime depression and victimization. We tested childhood and adult victimization as moderators of lifetime depression (n = 600). A majority (58.2%) of the total sample met criteria for lifetime depression. When considering the intersection of race/ethnicity and sexual identity, Black bisexual and Black lesbian women had significantly lower odds of depression than White lesbian women, despite their higher reports of victimization. Latina bisexual and lesbian women did not differ from White lesbians on depression. Victimization did not moderate the association between the intersection variable and depression. More research is needed to better understand risk and protective factors for depression among racially/ethnically diverse sexual minority women (SWM). We highlight the need to deliberately oversample SWM of color to accomplish this goal.

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“…As this current research shows, an increase in a certain kind of interethnic relationship -one characterised by sexual attraction but little or no commitmentmight in fact be indicative of more racial prejudice, not less. Prior research has investigated the experiences of racial minorities in interethnic relationships, and uncovered evidence of reported sexualisation, exotification, and lack of commitment (Balsam et al, 2011;Follins et al, 2014). This occurs for both heterosexuals (Herman & Campbell, 2012) and sexual minorities (Paul et al, 2010) and includes experiences like "being seen as a sex object by other LGBT people because of your race/ethnicity" and, "feeling like White LGBT people are only interested in you for your appearance" (Balsam et al, 2011, p. 169).…”

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“…On the other hand, in a recent, very large study (218,195 participants across 53 nations; 119,733 men, 98,462 women), Lippa, (2007) found that sex was a better predictor of partner selection preferences than was sexual orientation; heterosexual men and homosexual men reported preferences more similar to each other than to those of heterosexual women and lesbians respectively. There is also clear evidence of race-based bias among sexual minorities (Balsam et al, 2011;Follins, Walker, & Lewis, 2014;Hunter, 2010;Paul et al, 2010). For these reasons, it seems likely that, in this context, sexual minorities would report the same pattern of preferences as heterosexuals.…”

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Interethnic Bias in Willingness to Engage in Casual Sex Versus Committed Relationships

West

2019

The Journal of Sex Research

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Interethnic romantic relationships are widely seen as a strong indicator of a well-integrated society. However, racial bias may still be evidenced in the tendency to engage in casual sex versus committed relationships. Using a large, age-diverse sample of 3,453 White British participants, this study found a general preference for White partners over racial minority partners. Furthermore, in line with social structural theory, participants reported a relative preference for marriage (versus casual sex) with White partners, but a relative preference for casual sex (versus marriage) with racial minorities. This pattern was further modified by sex: men reported a general preference for casual sex (versus marriage) with all racial groups except White partners. Women, however, reported a general preference for marriage (versus casual sex) with all groups, but this preference was strongest for White partners. The pattern was not further modified by sexual orientation. Implications for contemporary interethnic romantic relationships are discussed.

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Resilience in Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals: A Critical Review of the Literature

Cited by 76 publications

References 75 publications

The utility of resilience as a conceptual framework for understanding and measuring LGBTQ health

The utility of resilience as a conceptual framework for understanding and measuring LGBTQ health

Depression and Victimization in a Community Sample of Bisexual and Lesbian Women: An Intersectional Approach

Interethnic Bias in Willingness to Engage in Casual Sex Versus Committed Relationships

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