Anticipated to Enacted: Structural Stigma Against Sexual and Gender Minorities Following the 2016 Presidential Election

Fredrick, Emma G.; Mann, Abbey K.; Brooks, Byron D.; Hirsch, Jameson K.

doi:10.1007/s13178-021-00547-0

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“…Three mixed-method studies (Clark et al, 2015;Fredrick et al, 2021;Mattocks et al, 2015) examined relevant policies at the federal level. One report examined 20 lesbian women veterans' responses to the repeal of DADT policies (Mattocks et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Mixed Methods Anxiety (Mattocks et al, 2015); Disclosure of sexual orientation to health care provider (Mattocks et al, 2015); Fear (Fredrick et al, 2021); Life satisfaction (Clark et al, 2015); Perceived Discrimination (Clark et al, 2015;Fredrick et al, 2021); Positive emotionality (Clark et al, 2015) DADT-Military Policy (Mattocks et al, 2015); Same-sex marriage (Clark et al, 2015); Reaction to Windsor and Perry cases at Supreme Court (Clark et al, 2015); Hate Crime Policies/Laws (Fredrick et al, 2021); State-level Law or Policy (Fredrick et al, 2021); Access to Bathroom Facilities (Fredrick et al, 2021); Religious freedom (conscious clause) bills (Fredrick et al, 2021) Archival Methods --Nations as Subjects --…”

Section: Laws and Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Policy recommendations to promote health and well‐being in sexual and gender minority populations in the United States

Talley

Ibora

et al. 2023

Social Issues Policy Review

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This narrative review examines literature informing policy and laws relevant to the health and well‐being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) adult populations. Empirical factors related to structural stigma, specifically policy and law, were examined. Empirical studies examining structural stigma and health‐related outcomes in LGBTQ+ populations have proliferated since the publication of the Institute of Medicine's The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People (2010) and Hatzenbuehler's theoretical work on stigma‐related influences on LGBTQ+ health. Databases were searched using a priori terms. Over 2,100 articles were identified that included original data from the United States since 2010. Studies identified for inclusion (n = 78) were roughly evenly split according to whether results related to the influence of federal‐, state‐, or local‐level policies on LGBTQ+ adults’ health. Policy recommendations center around the expansion of anti‐discrimination law and policy, abolishment of law and policy that restricts access and rights of LGBTQ+ adults, supplemental training in relevant cultural competencies, and the provision of additional resources for vulnerable subpopulations of LGBTQ+ adults.

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Section: Laws and Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy recommendations to promote health and well‐being in sexual and gender minority populations in the United States

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Ibora

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“…After the referendum failed, retaining gender-based protections, depression, anxiety, and referendum-related anxiety were all significantly lower than before the election. The anticipated structural stigma from losing gender-based legal protections reveals the potential mental health impacts in the SGM community of removing legal protections [ 19 ]. Relatedly, Williams and colleagues found that anticipated discrimination was indirectly associated with worse psychological distress through reduced self-compassion and self-esteem as well as indirectly associated with worse self-reported health through reduced social support [ 20 ].…”

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“…Relatedly, Williams and colleagues found that anticipated discrimination was indirectly associated with worse psychological distress through reduced self-compassion and self-esteem as well as indirectly associated with worse self-reported health through reduced social support [ 20 ]. To further understand the anticipated structural stigma among SGM adults after the 2016 election in the US, Fredrick and colleagues conducted a qualitative study of SGM adults [ 19 ]. Four major themes emerged: “(1) anticipated negative consequences of specific anti-SGM political figures, (2) concerns about the loss of existing SGM rights, (3) fear of new anti-SGM policies, and (4) fears of vulnerability related to limited existing protections.” [ 19 ] (p. 348).…”

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“…To further understand the anticipated structural stigma among SGM adults after the 2016 election in the US, Fredrick and colleagues conducted a qualitative study of SGM adults [ 19 ]. Four major themes emerged: “(1) anticipated negative consequences of specific anti-SGM political figures, (2) concerns about the loss of existing SGM rights, (3) fear of new anti-SGM policies, and (4) fears of vulnerability related to limited existing protections.” [ 19 ] (p. 348).…”

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Moderating Effect of Community and Individual Resilience on Structural Stigma and Suicidal Ideation among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in the United States

Pharr

Chien

Gakh

et al. 2022

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Background: Structural stigma in the form of discriminatory laws and policies impacts the mental health of sexual and gender minorities, especially with regard to suicidality. However, this relationship could be moderated by resilience. The past two years has brought anti-SGM legislation, particularly transgender sports bans, at the state level in the United States into focus. This study aims to understand if the relationship between familiarity with transgender sports bans (proposed or enacted) and suicidality was moderated by individual or community resilience. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of survey data collected from a national sample of 1033 SGM adults in the United States between 28 January and 7 February 2022. Univariate and multivariate moderation analyses were used. Results: In the univariate analyses and the final model, community resilience moderated the relationship between structural stigma and suicidality (p = 0.0002); however, individual resilience did not (p = 0.0664). Conclusion: Interventions to bolster community resilience may attenuate the negative mental health impacts of structural stigma and are warranted, along with concerted efforts to minimize structural stigma in the form of discriminatory laws and policies targeting people who are SGM.

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Trans Rights and Safety, Political Self-efficacy, and Well-Being

Rothbaum,

Etengoff,

Luong

2024

Sex Res Soc Policy

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Introduction This mixed-methods study contributes to a growing body of research on trans political engagement by examining the interaction between trans political self-efficacy, political fatigue, and mental health. A total of 141 trans individuals completed an online mixed-methods survey assessing trans rights and safety concerns, political self-efficacy, and well-being. Methods Participants were asked to describe the reasons for their level of political engagement. Data was collected between June 2019 and August 2021, with a brief pause for COVID-19. Results Narrative analyses indicate that participants engaged with the political system due to concern for their trans rights and safety (35%), their sense of the personal (55%), communal relevance (26%), their mistrust of the political system (26%), and their political self-efficacy beliefs (26%). Though quantitative analyses indicate that participants’ well-being was significantly, positively correlated with both political security and political self-efficacy, some participants described their political engagement as being related to political fatigue (21%). Moreover, participants who reported political fatigue demonstrated significantly lower political self-efficacy than participants who did not report political fatigue. Conclusions These results suggest that trans political engagement can provide important benefits for well-being, via political self-efficacy, as well as risk factors for psychological harm, via political fatigue. Policy Implications Thus, it is recommended that social policy makers promote safe pathways for trans individuals to engage with the political system and reduce activists’ exposure to anti-trans stigma.

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Anticipated to Enacted: Structural Stigma Against Sexual and Gender Minorities Following the 2016 Presidential Election

Cited by 9 publications

References 34 publications

Policy recommendations to promote health and well‐being in sexual and gender minority populations in the United States

Policy recommendations to promote health and well‐being in sexual and gender minority populations in the United States

Moderating Effect of Community and Individual Resilience on Structural Stigma and Suicidal Ideation among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in the United States

Trans Rights and Safety, Political Self-efficacy, and Well-Being

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