Community connectedness, outness, and internalized phobia are potential protective and risk factors for mental health in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. However, these interrelated factors have generally been examined in isolation and for the LGBTQ community in aggregate. As such, there may be undetected effects of factors on mental health for each LGBTQ group.
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