Continued research with sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth is essential both to
understand health disparities and to develop interventions targeting those disparities, but …

Sexual and gender minority youth are at elevated risk for suicide. Studies have separately
established the relation between minority stress and mental health symptoms, as well as …

Abstract Purpose of Review The relationships between gender identity, body image, and
gender expression are complex, requiring a gender affirming approach to address weight …

Objective: Given the inequitable impact of COVID-19 on sexual and gender minority (SGM)
youth and current sociopolitical racial justice concerns in the United States, this study …

Objective The present study sought to integrate minority stress theory (MST) and the
interpersonal theory of suicide (ITS) to better understand high rates of suicide among sexual …

We conducted an intensive longitudinal study of sexual minority adolescents to address
gaps in the literature, limitations in retrospective reporting, and test tenets of the minority …

Sexual and gender minority adolescents (SGMA) experience higher rates of internalizing
psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, self-harm, and posttraumatic stress …

Background Minority stress may lead to poorer mental health for sexual and gender minority
adolescents, yet no interventions have been tested through an RCT to address these …

Introduction Sexual identity is mutable and evolving, particularly during adolescence. Sexual
identity fluidity could be stressful for some adolescents and may differ by birth-sex. Evidence …

People whose gender does not align with assigned sex often experience negative mental
health outcomes related to cisnormative societal expectations and oppression, including …