In this study, we analyze 50 interviews with racially diverse, predominantly low‐income, LGBTQ participants living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rooted in intersectional theory that conceptualizes identities as shaped by interlocking forms of oppression and privilege, we compared interviews with “Baby Boomers” to those with “Millennial” participants, who came into adulthood in a time of greater legal and social inclusion for LGBTQ people. Our analysis focused on three questions: How do participants understand their sexual identities? How are the identities of sexual minority participants coconstructed with intersecting forms of oppression? What motivates LGBTQ people in our sample to engage in social justice work? We found that white LGBTQ people tended to see their sexualities as primary to their identity, compared to LGBTQ Black and/or Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) who tended to see their identities in intersectional terms. Younger LGBTQ people were more likely to delink sex and gender identity; consequently, they were more likely to frame their sexual identities with terms not rooted in a gender binary (e.g., pansexual or queer). Experiences with homophobia were prevalent across generations, and intersected with racism and economic oppressions, but younger people more often described support from institutional agents. Participants’ sense of community and commitment to giving back after experiences of trauma motivated them to engage in social justice work. Our findings highlight the intersectional nature of oppressions faced by LGBTQ people and the need for organizations to move away from focusing exclusively on homophobic oppression as a monolith.

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交叉性身份、压迫和社会正义工作：将 LGBTQ 婴儿潮一代与 1980 年代艾滋病流行后成年的千禧一代进行比较

在这项研究中，我们分析了对居住在旧金山湾区的种族多元化、主要是低收入 LGBTQ 参与者的 50 次采访。根植于将身份概念化为由相互关联的压迫和特权形式塑造的交叉理论，我们将“婴儿潮一代”的访谈与“千禧一代”参与者的访谈进行了比较，后者在 LGBTQ 人群的法律和社会包容性更强的时期进入成年期。我们的分析集中在三个问题上：参与者如何理解他们的性身份？性少数参与者的身份如何与交叉的压迫形式共同构建？是什么促使我们样本中的 LGBTQ 人从事社会正义工作？我们发现白人 LGBTQ 倾向于将性取向视为身份的首要因素，与 LGBTQ 黑人和/或有色人种 (BIPOC) 相比，他们倾向于从交叉的角度看待自己的身份。年轻的 LGBTQ 人群更有可能将性和性别认同脱钩；因此，他们更有可能用不植根于性别二元的术语（例如，泛性恋或酷儿）来构建自己的性身份。同性恋恐惧症的经历在几代人中普遍存在，并与种族主义和经济压迫相交，但年轻人更多地描述了机构代理人的支持。参与者的社区意识和在创伤经历后回馈的承诺促使他们从事社会正义工作。