ABSTRACT

Latinx sexual and gender minority individuals are at increased risk for engaging in risky sexual behavior given the intersection of their sexual orientation and ethnic identities. Many studies have found that sexual and gender minority Latinx folks experience nonacceptance and discrimination from within their families due to their identity. However, none have explored how underlying familial beliefs, such as traditional and egalitarian gender roles, influence sexual and gender minority Latinx adults’ risky sexual behavior. Within a sample of 168 Latinx sexual and gender minority individuals, the present study examined the indirect effect of receiving traditional and egalitarian parental gender role messages on risky sexual behavior through alcohol use and internalized stigma related to their sexual and gender minority identity. Results showed that traditional gender role messages were indirectly associated with increased risky sexual behavior through increased alcohol use, whereas no such indirect effect was found through internalized stigma. Receiving egalitarian gender role messages was not associated with risky sexual behaviors. Findings from this paper can be used to tailor community outreach programs that aim to reduce sexual risk behaviors and alcohol use in the Latinx sexual and gender minority community as a result of traditional parental gender role messages.

摘要

鉴于拉丁裔性取向和种族身份的交集，拉丁裔性和性别少数群体从事危险性行为的风险增加。许多研究发现，性和性别少数的拉丁裔人由于其身份而在家庭内部经历不接受和歧视。然而，没有人探讨过潜在的家庭信仰，如传统和平等的性别角色，如何影响性和性别少数拉丁裔成年人的危险性行为。在 168 名拉丁裔性少数群体和性别少数群体的样本中，本研究检查了通过饮酒和内化与他们的性少数群体身份和性别少数群体身份相关的污名，接受传统和平等主义的父母性别角色信息对危险性行为的间接影响。结果表明，传统的性别角色信息与通过增加饮酒增加的危险性行为间接相关，而通过内化的污名没有发现这种间接影响。接受平等主义的性别角色信息与危险的性行为无关。本文的研究结果可用于定制社区外展计划，旨在减少拉丁裔性和性别少数群体由于传统的父母性别角色信息而导致的性风险行为和酒精使用。