2022/01/19 by Scott Sellnow-Richmond, Scott Sellnow‐Richmond, Deborah Sellnow-Richmond +2
Psychology · Social Sciences · #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Gender Roles and Identity Studies
paper · doi:10.1080/10510974.2022.2026429
Social stigma can have negative mental and physical health repercussions for those who experience it. The LGBTQ+ community is one group demonstrative of this finding. Much of the research on stigmatization and the LGBTQ+ community focuses on stigmatization toward this group from broader society. Social psychology research has demonstrated the prevalence of in-group stigmatization within the community. For this study, 22 participants who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community were interviewed. Findings illustrate both enacted and perceived stigmatization that participants experience within the community related to behavioral, bisexual, and, Trans stigmatization, and demonstrate remaining work regarding how communities communicate about themselves, among their members, and the complex relationships that constitute them.