Adolescents in 21st century America are experiencing the emergence of their sexual and
gender identities in a heteronormative society that is steadily adopting more progressive …

People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT) experience
disparate levels of psychological distress due to marginalization, yet there are also …

This study investigates how young lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals deal with
coming out and how perceived personal growth may result from that experience. We …

This article serves as the first in a series of 4 articles providing a theoretically and empirically
informed approach to understanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) …

Coming out has long been depicted as a process that is conducive to personal growth.
However, LGBTQ psychology has yet to conduct systematic, theoretically informed research …

Erikson already emphasized the importance of staying generative in old age. The concept of
generativity as an important element in human development, significantly impacting on one's …

The experience of “coming out”(CO) to parents is often a crucial event in the lives of lesbian
and bisexual (LB) women, associated with lower internalized sexual stigma (ISS) and higher …

Serosorting is commonly employed by MSM to reduce HIV risk. We hypothesize that MSM
perceive serosorting to be effective, and that serosorting is predicted by resilience and …

For LGBTQ+ individuals, coming out can be an experience of marked adversity. Indeed,
research has shown that the experience can trigger psychological ill-health (eg depression …

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals have been present in human
society as far back as recorded history. 1–3 References to same-sex relationships can be …