Abstract
Recent scholars have underscored how the experiences of LGBT people of color cannot be fully understood by considering only the independent contributions of race and sexual orientation. Framed by an intersectional lens, the current study seeks to address this gap in understanding by considering the role of nativity on the health and wellbeing of Black sexual minority adults; we also examined the moderating effects of family support and racial community climate on this relationship. Using national data from the Social Justice Sexuality Project (N = 2,166), we discovered that foreign-born Black LGBT adults had similar levels of psychological wellbeing and physical health as their native counterparts; family support and racial community climate did not moderate this relationship. Our findings did, however, substantiate the importance of family and community support for all Black LGBT adults, regardless of immigration status. Implications of this finding, in addition to directions for future intersectional work on racial minority LGBT people, are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1769-1796 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Journal of Homosexuality |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 10 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Black
- LGBT
- family
- health
- homophobia
- immigrant
- intersectionality
- racial minority
- sexual minority
- wellbeing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Social Psychology
- Education
- Psychology(all)