“I Don't Know If She Is Bisexual or If She Just Wants to Get Attention”: Analyzing the Various Mechanisms Through Which Emerging Adults Invisibilize Bisexuality

Alarie, Milaine; Gaudet, Stéphanie

doi:10.1080/15299716.2013.780004

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“…LGBQ emerging adults are no exception, but may experience additional developmental processes related to their sexual identities (Alarie & Gaudet, 2013;Brewster & Moradi, 2010). Though coming out is common during adolescence (D'Augelli, Rendina, Grossman, & Sinclair, 2007), even when youth come out to themselves and perhaps to their friends as teenagers, many do not tell their families until young adulthood or later.…”

Section: Emerging Adulthoodmentioning

confidence: 98%

The LGBQ Social Climate Matters: Policies, Protests, and Placards and Psychological Well-Being Among LGBQ Emerging Adults

Woodford

Paceley

Kulick

et al. 2015

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services

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Sexual minority youth, including emerging adults, are at risk for negative health outcomes. Minority stress theory posits that heterosexism can contribute to these outcomes among sexual minorities. Researchers have tested this theory with respect to interpersonal heterosexism; however, little attention has been given to macrolevel and environmental forms of heterosexism, especially among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) youth. In this study, we examine the role of objective social climate (LGB state-level policies) and experiential distal and proximal environmental microaggressions on the psychological well-being of LGBQ emerging adults. Furthermore, we examine the role of LGBQ identity salience as a moderating factor on the macro/environmental-heterosexism and well-being relationship. Multivariable linear regression results suggest that living in a state without same-sex marriage laws is associated with greater self-esteem, whereas both distal and proximal environmental microaggressions are risk factors for anxiety and perceived stress. Furthermore, identity salience can ameliorate the effects of distal microaggressions and intensify the effects of proximal microaggressions and same-sex marriage legislation. Implications for practice with sexual minority youth are discussed.

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Section: Emerging Adulthoodmentioning

confidence: 98%

The LGBQ Social Climate Matters: Policies, Protests, and Placards and Psychological Well-Being Among LGBQ Emerging Adults

Woodford

Paceley

Kulick

et al. 2015

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services

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“…In a society that is not only homomisic (from the Greek verb "to hate," an alternative to the misnomer "homophobic"- Epstein, 2003) but that is also particularly intolerant of self-labeled bisexuals (Alarie & Gaudet, 2013;Callis, 2013;Elia, 2014;Galupo, 2011;Klein, 1993;Lourea, 1985;Macalister, 2003;Moore & Norris, 2005;Nichols, 1988;Rapoport, 2009;Rust, 1993Rust, , 2000See & Hunt, 2011;Weinberg, Williams, & Pryor, 1994;Zinik, 1985), it is reasonable to assume that the larger one's sexual orientation range, the more distress one might feel regarding one's sexual orientation, and it is self-evident that SOR should be positively correlated with the level of uncertainty one feels regarding one's SO. SOR 3 performs best in both respects.…”

Section: The Third and Best Measure: A Case For Simplicitymentioning

confidence: 99%

How to Measure Sexual Orientation Range and Why It's Worth Measuring

Epstein

Robertson

2014

Journal of Bisexuality

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First proposed by Epstein, McKinney, Fox, and Garcia (2012), sexual orientation range (SOR) is an objective continuous measure of the flexibility people have in expressing their sexual orientation. In the present article, three formulas for computing SOR are compared using data obtained from a sample of 54,834 people in 57 countries. A number of statistical measures suggest that SOR is best measured simply as the smaller of two raw scores indicating opposite-sex and same-sex sexual inclinations. In other words, if one's strongest inclinations are same-sex, one's sexual orientation range is best indicated by the strength of one's opposite-sex inclinations, and vice versa. SOR, in combination with mean sexual orientation, another continuous variable, provides a reasonable and useful characterization of sexual orientation, which is and always has been a continuous rather than a categorical phenomenon. The SOR concept also puts the rancorous "choice" debate into an objective, non-inflammatory context.

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“…Another stereotype about bisexuality is that a “real” bisexual is one who is involved in romantic/sexual relationships with both women and men (45). A consequence of this stereotype is that some people do not consider bisexual individuals in monogamous relationships to be truly bisexual, because they do not have male and female partners.…”

Section: Bisexual Minority Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bisexuality, Minority Stress, and Health

Feinstein

Dyar

2017

Curr Sex Health Rep

337

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Purpose of review Bisexual individuals are at increased risk for negative health outcomes compared to heterosexual individuals and often compared to gay/lesbian individuals as well. The goal of this article is to summarize the current evidence-base on bisexual health disparities, to describe factors that influence them, and to review interventions designed to improve the health of bisexual individuals. Recent findings Based on our review of the literature, we conclude that there is strong evidence that bisexual individuals are at increased risk for mental health and substance use problems. These disparities are evident across dimensions of bisexuality (identity, attraction, and behavior), but there are important nuances to these findings. There is also evidence that bisexual men are at increased risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) compared to heterosexual men and that bisexual women are at increased risk for STIs compared to both lesbians and heterosexual women. Although there are numerous causes of these disparities, a leading contributor is stress related to stigma and discrimination. Most of the interventions that have been developed for bisexual individuals are HIV prevention programs for behaviorally bisexual men of color. Despite less attention to mental health and substance use interventions for bisexual individuals, recent developments show promise in their potential application to this population. Summary Bisexual individuals are at increased risk for mental health, substance use, and sexual health problems, and this is due, in part, to stigma and discrimination. Future research should continue to examine how different dimensions of bisexuality relate to health disparities and factors that influence them. There is also an urgent need to develop, test, and disseminate interventions to improve the health of bisexual individuals.

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“I Don't Know If She Is Bisexual or If She Just Wants to Get Attention”: Analyzing the Various Mechanisms Through Which Emerging Adults Invisibilize Bisexuality

Cited by 126 publications

References 26 publications

The LGBQ Social Climate Matters: Policies, Protests, and Placards and Psychological Well-Being Among LGBQ Emerging Adults

The LGBQ Social Climate Matters: Policies, Protests, and Placards and Psychological Well-Being Among LGBQ Emerging Adults

How to Measure Sexual Orientation Range and Why It's Worth Measuring

Bisexuality, Minority Stress, and Health

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