ABSTRACT
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and gender non-conforming (LGBTQ & GNC) youth experience more economic hardship and social stress than their heterosexual and cisgender peers. However, the ways that LGBTQ & GNC youth resist these damaging social factors and the corresponding implications for their health have not been addressed. Data were analyzed from a national participatory survey of LGBTQ & GNC youth ages 14-24 (N = 5,860) living in the United States. Structural equation models indicated that economic precarity was associated with experiences of health problems. This association was mediated by the negative influence of minority stress on health as well as by activism, which had a positive association with health. Findings suggest that minority stress explanations of health inequalities among LGBTQ & GNC youth can benefit from including a focus on economic precarity; both in terms of its deleterious impact on health and its potential to provoke resistance to structural oppression in the form of activism.
Subject(s)
Consumer Advocacy/psychology , Health Status Disparities , Poverty/psychology , Sexual and Gender Minorities/psychology , Social Environment , Stress, Psychological/psychology , Adolescent , Community-Based Participatory Research , Consumer Advocacy/statistics & numerical data , Economic Status , Female , Health Status , Homophobia/psychology , Homophobia/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Male , Poverty/statistics & numerical data , Sexual and Gender Minorities/statistics & numerical data , Stress, Psychological/epidemiology , Surveys and Questionnaires , United States/epidemiology , Young AdultABSTRACT
Entrevista com Michelle Fine, Maria Torre e Allison Cabana sobre Pesquisa-ação participativa com jovens LGBTQ e outros gêneros.
Interview with Michelle Fine, Maria Torre and Allison Cabana about Participatory action research with LGBTQ & GNC youth in the USA.
