The minority stress model has been influential in guiding research on sexual and gender
minority health and well-being in psychology and related social and health sciences …

Health disparities related to sexual orientation and gender identity exist across multiple
outcomes. Scholarship has begun to evaluate whether structural stigma—ie, societal-level …

Background: Transgender healthcare is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field. In the last
decade, there has been an unprecedented increase in the number and visibility of …

During the past 50 years, there have been marked improvement in the social and legal
environment of sexual minorities in the United States. Minority stress theory predicts that …

Objective To examine reported experiences of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adults in the United States, which broadly contribute to …

Racism. Sexism. Heterosexism. Gender binarism. Together, they comprise intimately
harmful, distinct, and entangled societal systems of self-serving domination and privilege …

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people are disproportionately impacted by various
health issues and associated risk factors, but little is known about differences in these …

Transgender people encounter interpersonal and structural barriers to healthcare access
that contribute to their postponement or avoidance of healthcare, which can lead to poor …

Transgender (or trans) is an umbrella term for individuals who experience their gender
differently from what is associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. Individuals who …

Background. Transgender individuals have a gender identity that differs from the sex they
were assigned at birth. The population size of transgender individuals in the United States is …