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To examine the psychological, social, legal, and behavioral dimensions of prejudice, discrimination, and stigma directed against lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.

March 1, 1999Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

Stigma and Sexual Orientation: Understanding Prejudice against Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals

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To examine the psychological, social, legal, and behavioral dimensions of prejudice, discrimination, and stigma directed against lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.
Compilation of theoretical syntheses, empirical surveys, and methodological critiques covering hate crime motivations, juror biases, and anti-gay attitudes.
Investigation of minority stress, youth victimization, internalized homophobia, and the psychosocial and legal status of same-sex parenting.
Anti-gay prejudice manifests across multiple structural and personal levels, including juror evaluations, political opposition to civil rights, and interpersonal violence.
Stigmatization and heterosexism produce measurable minority stress and internalized homophobia, which undermine psychological well-being, intimacy, and youth development.

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Multidisciplinary volume examines psychosocial mechanisms of anti-gay prejudice across legal and personal domains, highlighting the adverse impacts of minority stress and social stigma.

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Price et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0baeddaab637ffb5c1fbb5 https://doi.org/10.2307/2654854

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Multidisciplinary volume examines psychosocial mechanisms of anti-gay prejudice across legal and personal domains, highlighting the adverse impacts of minority stress and social stigma.

Stigma and Sexual Orientation: Understanding Prejudice against Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals

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Stigma and Sexual Orientation: Understanding Prejudice against Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals

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