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Minority stress describes high levels of stress faced by members of stigmatized minority groups. [1] It may be caused by a number of factors, including poor social support and low socioeconomic status ; well understood causes of minority stress are interpersonal prejudice and discrimination .
The minority stress model takes into account significant stressors that distinctly affect the mental health of those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or another non-conforming gender identity. [1]
An Interview on the Effects of Stress on Minority Mental Health, David Van Nuys, Ph.D., August 17, 2009. Dr. Ilan Meyer Testimony (Perry Trial Day 4 Transcript), American Foundation for Equal Rights, January 4, 2010. The Little Things: The Impact of Prejudice in the Everyday Lives of LGBT People, Huffington Post, October 11, 2011.
The ruling from a divided 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago represents a major legal victory for the gay rights movement. US civil rights law protects LGBT workers from workplace bias ...
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court case which ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects transgender people from employment discrimination.
Brook's dissertation on minority stress in lesbian women explored the unique stressors and challenges faced by lesbians as members of a stigmatized minority group. This represented the first research study to use the term "minority stress" as it pertained to sexual and gender minorities and to explore the individual, community and systematic ...
The three plaintiffs in the Supreme Court’s landmark LGBTQ workplace discrimination ruling were inducted into the U.S. Department of Labor’s Hall of Honor.
Adolescent bullying – which is highly prevalent among sexual minority youths – is a chronic stressor that can increase risk for suicide via the diathesis-stress model. In a 2011 study of American lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescents, Mark Hatzenbuehler found that a more conservative social environment elevated risk in suicidal behavior ...