Abstract

The current study sought to assess if differences in mental and physical health exist between U.S-born and immigrant Latinx sexual and gender minority adults. To do so, we analyzed publicly available national data from the Social Justice Sexuality Project (N = 950), the findings from which indicate that immigrant Latinx LGBT adults have better physical health, but not mental health, than their U.S.-born counterparts. We also assessed the moderating effects of family support and racial community climate on the nativity-health relationships; neither were significant. Our work substantiates the need to consider the identified heterogeneity among this population and the implications therein, and the importance of not conflating all racial-ethnic LGBT persons as a single group.

摘要

当前的研究试图评估在美国出生和移民的拉丁裔性和性别少数族裔成年人之间在心理和身体健康方面是否存在差异。为此，我们分析了来自社会正义性项目（N  = 950）的公开可用国家数据，研究结果表明，与美国出生的拉丁裔LGBT成年人相比，移民拉丁裔LGBT成年人的身体健康，但精神健康却更好。我们还评估了家庭支持和种族社区气候对耶稣与健康关系的调节作用；两者都不重要。我们的工作证实了有必要考虑该人群中已发现的异质性及其影响，以及不将所有种族同性恋LGBT人士合并为一个群体的重要性。