The primary aim of this content analysis was to examine how strength-based themes were addressed in peer-reviewed psychology literature focused on sexual and/or gender minority populations or related LGBT-affirming institutions/organizations, and published between 1973 and 2011. Results suggest that common positive psychology themes were love, integrity, vitality, citizenship, nonprofit organizations, and LGBT-affirming laws. The authors discuss the relative inclusion of transgender and bisexual individuals and people of color in the literature as a whole, and suggest that future work include a greater focus on strengths in the lives of transgender, queer, and nonidentifying sexual minorities, as well as those with intersecting identities. This article concludes by highlighting areas of positive psychology that may be particularly fruitful avenues for future research in LGBT psychology and suggestions for contributing to future literature on LGBT strengths.

Sexual coercion is a pervasive problem but rarely examined in men. This study examined sexual coercion and psychosocial correlates among 284 diverse adolescent and emerging adult males in high school and college. Over 4 in 10 participants (43%) experienced sexual coercion: more specifically, the participants reported: verbal coercion (31%, n ϭ 86), seduction coercion (26%, n ϭ 73), physical coercion (18% n ϭ 52), and substance coercion (7%, n ϭ 19). Rates were comparable across high school and college students. Racial differences were found such that Asian participants reported significantly lower rates of sexual coercion than Black, White, and Latino participants. Ninety-five percent of the respondents reported women as the perpetrators; participants also described internal obligation, seductive, and peer pressure tactics in descriptions of coercion experiences. Sexual coercion tactic (i.e., verbal, substance, seduction, physical) and resulting sexual activity (i.e., fondling/attempted intercourse, completed intercourse) were associated with psychosocial outcomes. Specifically, sexual coercion that resulted in sexual intercourse was associated with greater sexual risk-taking and alcohol use. Verbal and substance coercion were associated with psychological distress, and substance coercion was also associated with sexual risk-taking. Considerations for future research and practice implications are discussed.

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