We carried out a constructivist grounded theory-based qualitative exploration on the relations between intersectional minority stress and drinking among a community sample of 20 Latinx and African American sexual minority, gender expansive women. Our overarching goal was to illuminate the nuanced ways in which participants’ lived experiences; in relation to race and ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation, intersected to create complex forms of minority stress rarely captured in the research literature. Semi-structured interviews and lifeline methodology were employed to assess participants’ major life stressors and drinking history; particularly, when and how drinking became a regular part of participants’ lives. Our findings indicated that drinking was primarily connected to same-sex romantic partnerships, cultural and familial ties to alcohol, social norms within queer spaces, familial rejection and loss of racial and ethnic community, and chronic stress. Recommendations for research, practice, advocacy, education, and training are discussed.

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少数族裔压力和饮酒：连接种族、性别认同和性取向

我们对 20 名拉丁裔和非裔美国性少数、性别膨胀女性的社区样本中的交叉少数群体压力与饮酒之间的关系进行了基于建构主义的基于理论的定性探索。我们的首要目标是阐明参与者生活经历的细微差别；与种族和族裔、性别认同和性取向相关，交叉产生复杂形式的少数族裔压力，很少在研究文献中出现。采用半结构化访谈和生命线方法来评估参与者的主要生活压力源和饮酒史；特别是，饮酒何时以及如何成为参与者生活的一部分。我们的研究结果表明，饮酒主要与同性浪漫伙伴关系有关，与酒精的文化和家庭联系、酷儿空间内的社会规范、家庭排斥和种族和民族社区的丧失，以及长期压力。讨论了研究、实践、宣传、教育和培训的建议。