Why LGBTQ+ campus resource centers are essential.

Gilbert, Chelsea; Siepser, Claire; Fink, Ann E.; Johnson, Nicole L.

doi:10.1037/sgd0000451

Cited by 27 publications

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“…This should also include making all non-TGNB specific therapy groups inclusive of TGNB individuals, for example, by making it common practice to invite sharing of pronouns and making space for TGNB identities. Such suggestions align with those of Gilbert et al (2020).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

“It’s just not comfortable to exist in a body”: Transgender/gender nonbinary individuals’ experiences of body and eating distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brownstone¹,

Kelly²,

Maloul³

et al. 2022

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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The collective trauma of COVID-19 has had a negative impact on people’s experiences of their bodies and eating, as demonstrated by studies showing increased disordered eating and body dissatisfaction during this time. The pandemic has also been shown to have had a unique and disproportionate impact on transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) individuals (e.g., lost gender affirming care access, elevated levels of job loss). Given that TGNB individuals already face increased risk of body distress and disordered eating compared to cisgender individuals in a nonpandemic context and have been disproportionately impacted by contextual changes with COVID-19, it is likely that the pandemic has had a distinct impact on TGNB individuals’ experiences of body and eating distress. The present study aims to understand these impacts through an inductive, reflexive thematic qualitative approach. Participants were 13 TGNB individuals (10/13 gender nonbinary/gender queer; 8/13 White). They completed semistructured audio interviews about their broad experiences of body and eating during COVID-19, as well as how they understood changes across domains of family, community, access to resources, and intersectional identities interacting with these experiences. Themes included (a) Losing Affirming Spaces and Security, (b) Gaining Affirming and Supportive Spaces Online, (c) Reflecting on Embodied Gender and Identities, (d) Realizing New Connections and Insights, and (e) Considering the Self in Social Context. Notably, each of these themes interacted with participants’ self-reported experiences of body and eating distress and, in some cases, healing. Our results illuminate risk and resilience factors and areas requiring innovation during and after COVID-19.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

“It’s just not comfortable to exist in a body”: Transgender/gender nonbinary individuals’ experiences of body and eating distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brownstone¹,

Kelly²,

Maloul³

et al. 2022

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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“…To date, a few published studies have explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBTQ individuals. Scholarship has explored the impact of COVID-19 on LGBT people in Chile (Barrientos et al, 2021) and Nigeria (Oginni et al, 2021), how LGBT youth and emerging adults found support during the COVID-19 pandemic (Fish et al, 2020; Woznicki et al, 2020), LGBTQ palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic (Rosa et al, 2020), mental health needs and psychological distress of LGBT youth and college students (Gonzales et al, 2020; Gilbert et al, 2020; Hawke et al, 2021; Hunt et al, 2021), the role of internalized stigma in predicting protective health behaviors (Solomon et al, 2021), the perceived threat of COVID-19 with sexual minority women (Potter et al, 2020), and sleep disturbances of sexual minority men during the COVID-19 pandemic (Millar et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“Previous resilience has taught me that I can survive anything:” LGBTQ resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gonzalez¹,

Abreu²,

Arora³

et al. 2021

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disproportionately negatively affected the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, a group who faces identity-based marginalization in society. LGBTQ resilience narratives are important in buffering against the negative impact of minority stress, but little is known about how LGBTQ people have been resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current research addresses this gap in the literature. Participants included 129 LGBTQ individuals who shared how they have been resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative thematic analysis revealed three COVID-19-specific resilience themes, including: (1) Previous preparation fostered resilience, (2) Radical acceptance as resilience, and (3) Resilience through providing support and building community. Discussion explores how psychologists can work with LGBTQ people to identify and cultivate resilience narratives focused on self-love, self-acceptance, radical acceptance, and community resilience. Public Significance StatementResilience narratives are important for all people but are particularly important for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) people who face identity-based harassment, rejection, and societal stigmatization. LGBTQ participants shared their resilience narratives and identified how previous preparation fostered resilience during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, radical acceptance was a source of resilience, and resilience was seen through providing support and building community with other LGBTQ individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…A majority of the sexual minority participants in our study identified as bisexual. Although this is not true for all college students, particularly those living in larger bodies, there are opportunities to explore and embrace one’s marginalized identities on college campuses via cultural and identity-based resource centers and student organizations (e.g., diversity services; LGBTQ+ campus resource centers; Gilbert et al, 2021), which may provide some additional protection against suicide risk. Such levels of self-acceptance and identity affirmation may explain why a recent study of community and college adults found that social support and emotion regulation, independently and in sequence, mediated the association between sexual minority status and suicide attempts (Chang et al, 2020).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An examination of theory-based suicidal ideation risk factors in college students with multiple marginalized identities.

Shepherd¹,

Kelly²,

Brochu³

et al. 2023

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Social marginalization increases the risk of suicidal ideation (SI) among individuals with diverse identities, yet research examining the effects of marginalization has focused on one identity. Emerging adulthood is a critical period of identity development and the age group with the highest rates of SI. Considering the challenges of living in potentially heterosexist, cissexist, racist, and sizeist environments, we tested whether possessing multiple marginalized identities was associated with severity of SI through factors proposed in the interpersonal–psychological theory (IPT) and the three-step theory (3ST) of suicide and if mediation paths were moderated by sex. A sample of 265 college students completed a cross-sectional online survey assessing SI and constructs related to IPT and 3ST. The number of marginalized identities was generated by adding minoritized sexual orientation, race/ethnicity other than non-Hispanic White, body mass index >25 kg/m2, sexual attraction to same sex but identified as heterosexual, and gender-fluid identity. In IPT multiple mediation analyses, possessing more marginalized identities was associated with SI severity through burdensomeness and hopelessness, but not belonging. Indirect paths through burdensomeness and belonging were moderated by sex. For 3ST, possessing more marginalized identities was associated with SI severity through hopelessness and psychological pain, but not social connection or meaning in life. Future research should consider intersecting social identities and test mechanisms by which multiply marginalized college students develop resilience to SI risk factors, such as support within their marginalized groups, to inform suicide assessment and intervention efforts on college campuses.

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Why LGBTQ+ campus resource centers are essential.

Cited by 27 publications

References 29 publications

“It’s just not comfortable to exist in a body”: Transgender/gender nonbinary individuals’ experiences of body and eating distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s just not comfortable to exist in a body”: Transgender/gender nonbinary individuals’ experiences of body and eating distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Previous resilience has taught me that I can survive anything:” LGBTQ resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An examination of theory-based suicidal ideation risk factors in college students with multiple marginalized identities.

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