The transition to adulthood presents young men with a number of challenging tasks as they
negotiate changing relationships and roles, develop increased independence, and navigate …

Rationale Applying an intersectional framework to quantitative public health research
among Black and Latino sexual minority men requires analysis that considers interlocking …

Sexual minority youth and young adults experience disparities across major mental and
physical health domains. Minority stress theory holds that disparities are widely attributable …

Intersectionality, minority stress, and social ecological theories have all been important
frameworks for understanding mechanisms that create and maintain sexual and gender …

Background We investigated associations of intersectional stigma subgroups with alcohol
and marijuana use among Black and Latino sexual minority young men. Subgroups …

Introduction: Sexual risk behaviors put adolescents at risk for unintended pregnancy,
sexually transmitted infections, and HIV. Latino teens experience high rates of adverse …

Purpose HIV disproportionately affects young Black gay and bisexual men (YBGBM). This
disparity is not exclusively determined by individual factors, but reflects social factors, such …

In this two-manuscript dissertation, framed through queer and minority stress theories, I
focus on heteronormative pressures and their impact on sexual identity fluidity and health of …

Background: Sexual minority youth face disparities in mental health, and disparities
regarding sexual health are disproportionately concentrated in youth of color. However, little …

Intersectionality is a theoretical framework that suggests that multiple social identities–eg
race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation–intersect at the individual or micro level of …