The APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Sexual Minority Persons: An executive summary of the 2021 revision.

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Bisexual Clients. This article provides a summary of the conceptual foundations that influenced these Guidelines, as well as an overview of the complete Guidelines. We highlight major changes in structure and new content areas.

Centering the margins: A moderation study examining cisgender privilege among LGBTQ+ BIPoC college students facing intersectional microaggressions.

“…Schools may already have an infrastructure and resources in place to elevate cisgender LGBTQ+ BIPoC college students and our findings might be highlighting the need to have more specific support for gender expansive LGBTQ+ BIPoC college students. Our findings align squarely with experts in the field (APA, 2017; Nakamura et al, 2022) who strongly suggest the use of intersectional methods to capture the nuance experiences of people with multiple marginalized identities. The academic implications of our findings build upon the existing efforts of research on microaggressions which has mostly focused on psychological and physiological implications.…”

“…In 2017, the American Psychological Association (APA) put forth a task force to re-envision the multicultural guidelines for the 21st century where the major change-centered intersectionality and the importance of considering the multiplicity of oppressive experiences (APA, 2017). Relatedly, the latest APA guidelines for working with sexual minoritized groups highlight the importance of considering other forms of oppression impacting the individual (Nakamura et al, 2022). Both racism—systemic and individual oppression based one's membership to a racial or ethnic group (Perry, 2007) and heterosexism—systemic and individual oppression against anyone who is not heterosexual (Neisen, 1990)—are key intersectional systems considered in the literature for LGBTQ+ BIPoC (Balsam et al, 2011; Fattoracci et al, 2020; Jackson et al, 2020; Kulick et al, 2017; Nadal et al, 2015; Velez et al, 2019; Zelaya et al, 2021).…”

Intersectional microaggressions, depressive symptoms, and the role of LGBTQ‐specific parental support in a sample of Latinx sexual and gender minority youth

“…In addition, the revised multicultural guidelines in psychology by the American Psychological Association (American Psychological Association, 2017) specifically suggest using intersectional approaches when conducting research that explores the effects of oppressive systems on marginalized communities. Similarly, the APA guidelines for working with sexual minority persons (Nakamura et al, 2022) and transgender people (American Psychological Association, 2015) highlight the importance of understanding the crucial role that parental figures and families play in the development of SGM youth. Furthermore, experts have recommended that research about the effects of oppressive systems on marginalized communities use youth samples to implement interventions at earlier stages of development (Jones & Neblett, 2017).…”

The State of the LGBTQ+ Community in Surgery

“…A recent position statement from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has reaffirmed “the recommendation that ethical practitioners refrain from attempts to change individuals’ sexual orientation” and respect “the identities of those with diverse gender expressions.” 3 In recently published guidelines, conversion therapy is to be considered an unethical practice because of its lack of clinical validity and harmful to individuals that have been subjected to it. 3,4 While the APA has been encouraging legislation prohibiting it, currently only few states have full bans on conversion therapy. 4 The medical field has not been immune from the overall societal debate on LGBTQ+.…”

“…3 In recently published guidelines, conversion therapy is to be considered an unethical practice because of its lack of clinical validity and harmful to individuals that have been subjected to it. 3,4 While the APA has been encouraging legislation prohibiting it, currently only few states have full bans on conversion therapy. 4 The medical field has not been immune from the overall societal debate on LGBTQ+.…”