“…To understand and explain this discrepancy, we can use the multiple minority resilience theory, which posits that racial/ethnic minority lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals possess unique resources and strengths that provide resilience and empowerment in the face of minority stress (Della, Wilson, & Miller, 2002; Meyer, Ouellette, Haile, & McFarlane, 2011; Moradi et al, 2010). One such pathway is believed to operate via one’s shared stigmatized identity (i.e., race/ethnicity) with similar others, which may provide sexual minority individuals of color with protective early learning environments that offer stigma-related coping skills and supportive community resources (Greene, 1994; Saleebey, 1996; Shih, 2004). Subsequently, sexual minority individuals of color may adapt and use these skills to cope with sexual orientation-based minority stress (e.g., Bowleg, Huang, Brooks, Black, & Burkholder, 2003; Meyer, 2015; Moore, 2010), resulting in fewer adverse health outcomes for sexual minority individuals of color, like those observed in the present study.…”