Intersectional Microaggressions and Social Support for LGBTQ Persons of Color: A Systematic Review of the Canadian-Based Empirical Literature

Housing as a determinant of health for older LGBT Canadians: Focus group findings from a national housing study

“…However, it is important to note that many older LGBT individuals prefer housing options that are inclusive of LGBT people within broader, diverse communities (Putney et al, 2018). This may be especially true for racialized older LGBT populations for whom white-dominated LGBT-specific spaces can be the sites of race-based exclusion, gentrification, and microaggressions (Hayslett & Kane, 2011;Sadika et al, 2020). Older, trans people have also expressed feeling separated and segregated from the broader LGB populations (de Vries et al, 2019).…”

“…It is important to note that while our focus groups were open to older LGBT Canadians in our five study sites, our sample was predominantly white, and few participants identified as transgender. As indicated in earlier housing research, we know that racialized LGBT people in Canada face significant overt racism and microaggressions in white-dominated LGBT spaces, and for this reason often avoid or feel excluded from LGBT community activities (Sadika et al, 2020). Trans populations face significant barriers in housing, health and social care settings and may feel that their needs are excluded in conversations centering cisgender LGB people (de Vries et al, 2019).…”

The Moderating Effect of Comfort from Companion Animals and Social Support on the Relationship between Microaggressions and Mental Health in LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults

“…For example, studies indicate that LGBTQ+ adolescents and emerging adults who have supportive relationships with family members report fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms [25][26][27]. Additionally, qualitative researchers who have examined the impact of intersectional microaggressions on LGBTQ+ people of color suggest that participants seek out social support and establish supportive networks as a method of coping with their experiences of microaggressions [28][29][30].…”

Redefining Collectivism: Family and Community among Sexual and Gender Diverse People of Color and Indigenous People: Introduction to the Special Issue

“…The articles in our special issue include systematic literature reviews, quantitative, and qualitative methodological approaches, and all articles anchor the experiences and stories of participants using appropriate cultural values, beliefs, and frameworks. Our special issue begins with a systematic literature review about the experiences of microaggressions toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) POCI within their families and the larger society in Canada (Sadika, Wiebe, Morrison, & Morerison, 2020). Using an intersectional approach, Sadika and colleagues (2020) found that LGBTQ POCI experience microaggressions within their families and communities because of their sexual and gender identities, and within the LGBTQ community because of their racial and ethnic identities.…”

“…This manuscript concludes by providing recommendations to both POCI and predominantly White LGBTQ communities on how to enact concrete steps to welcome and celebrate SGD POCI individuals. Some of these recommendations include engaging in open discussions to dispel myths about sexual and gender diversity within racial and ethnic minority communities and creating programing within LGBTQ organizations to meet the needsof LGBTQ racial and ethnic minorities (Sadika et al, 2020).…”