Objective: Sexual and gender minority people of color (SGM-POC) experience intersectional forms of minority stress, including heterosexism within racial/ethnic minority communities, which can contribute to feelings of conflict between SGM and racial/ethnic identities. Internalized stigma may be a consequence of sexual orientation-based discrimination but has not been tested as a mechanism linking intersectional minority stress to identity conflict among SGM-POC. We hypothesized that the association between experiences of heterosexism in racial/ethnic minority communities and identity conflict would be mediated by internalized stigma among SGM assigned female at birth (SGM-AFAB). Method: Participants were 316 SGM-AFAB who identified as POC. Data were collected as a part of an ongoing longitudinal cohort study of young SGM-AFAB. We tested the longitudinal mediation using data from baseline, 6-month follow-up, and 1-year follow-up assessments. Results: Internalized stigma at 6-month follow-up partially mediated the association between experiences of heterosexism in racial/ethnic minority communities at baseline and identity conflict at 1-year follow-up. Conclusions: For SGM-POC, experiences of heterosexism within their racial/ethnic communities may lead to internalization of those negative attitudes. A consequence of internalizing heterosexist attitudes from one's racial/ethnic group could be a feeling that one's sexual orientation and racial/ethnic identities must remain separate, perhaps to maintain connection to one's racial/ethnic community. Identifying internalized stigma as a mediating process is critical to better understand identity development for SGM-POC, and has important clinical implications for working with this population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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出生时被指定为女性的有色人种的性少数群体和性别少数群体之间的交叉少数压力和身份冲突。


目标：性少数和性别少数有色人种 (SGM-POC) 经历交叉形式的少数压力，包括少数种族/族裔社区内的异性恋主义，这可能会加剧 SGM 与种族/族裔身份之间的冲突感。内在的耻辱可能是基于性取向的歧视的结果，但尚未被测试为将跨群体少数压力与 SGM-POC 之间的身份冲突联系起来的机制。我们假设，少数种族/族裔社区中的异性恋经历与身份冲突之间的关联可能是通过 SGM 指定女性出生时的内在耻辱（SGM-AFAB）来调节的。方法：参与者为 316 名被确定为 POC 的 SGM-AFAB。数据收集是对年轻 SGM-AFAB 正在进行的纵向队列研究的一部分。我们使用基线、6 个月随访和 1 年随访评估的数据测试了纵向中介。结果：6 个月随访时的内在耻辱部分介导了基线时少数民族社区异性恋经历与 1 年随访时身份冲突之间的关联。结论：对于 SGM-POC 来说，其种族/民族社区内的异性恋经历可能会导致这些消极态度的内化。将一个人的种族/民族群体的异性恋态度内化的一个后果可能是一种感觉，即一个人的性取向和种族/民族身份必须保持分离，也许是为了保持与一个人的种族/民族社区的联系。将内在耻辱识别为中介过程对于更好地理解 SGM-POC 的身份发展至关重要，并且对于与该人群合作具有重要的临床意义。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。