The next six scholarly sources will touch on the LGBTQ community as a whole and then focus on different areas where different identities intersect with the LGBTQ community.

  1. Kelleher, Cathy. “Minority Stress and Health: Implications for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Young People.” Counselling Psychology Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, 2009, pp. 373–379., doi:10.1080/09515070903334995.
    1. The journal article touches on the idea of minority stress, which is the idea that stigma-related prejudice and discrimination has an effect on people. The author focuses on the LGBTQ community and more specifically LGBTQ youth and the effects of minority stress. Minority stress has led to psychological distress among LGBTQ youth. The study overall found that sexual identity-related stigma negatively harmed LGBTQ youth. This is good for my paper because it gives a baseline that LGBTQ people do experience minority stress and are minorities. This will provide context to see if added minority statuses affect a student.
  2.  Beagan, Brenda L., and Brenda Hattie. “Religion, Spirituality, and LGBTQ Identity Integration.” Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, vol. 9, no. 2, 2015, pp. 92-117.,  doi:10.1080/15538605.2015.1029204.
    1. The journal article looks at LGBTQ people of various religious and spiritual backgrounds. The author was one of the first and only people to study the intersection of the LGBTQ identity and religious and spiritual identity. The study looked at 35 individuals found that while not everyone ran into a conflict between their religion and their LGBTQ identity, those who did run into conflict experienced psychological and emotional harm. The journal then gave some look into limitations and implications. This is helpful because it shows me a clear intersect between two communities that are not normally associated with each other and even talks about some of the trouble that is run into with the community.
  3. Binnie, Jon, and Christian Klesse. “The Politics of Age, Temporality and Intergenerationality in Transnational Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Activist Networks.” Sociology, vol. 47, no. 3, 2012, pp. 580–595., doi:10.1177/0038038512453792.
    1. The article explored the all too forgotten subjects of age and intergenerational when looking at the LGBTQ community and sexuality. The authors look at communities in Europe. The authors also mostly focus on activist and how age affects those networks. The findings were that age and generation only matter on a level of personal subjectivity. This helps me with my research as it is one of the only articles and research done into the LGBTQ community and the intersection of age.
  4. “What Is That Queer Queer? Exploring Norms around Sexuality, Race, and Class in Queer Theory .” Queer Studies: a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Anthology, by Brett Beemyn and Mickey Eliason, New York University Press, 1996.
    1. I focused on chapter 9 in this book because it focuses on race and class as it related to the LGBTQ community and sexuality. First off, the books take a look at queer theory and allows me to add a layer of education about theory onto the conversation. However, like most of the readings I did, this is one of the few articles or books that has any sections that focuses on the intersection of class/economy and the LGBTQ community.
  5. Giwa, Sulaimon, and Cameron Greensmith. “Race Relations and Racism in the LGBTQ Community of Toronto: Perceptions of Gay and Queer Social Service Providers of Color.” Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 59, no. 2, 2012, pp. 149–185., doi:10.1080/00918369.2012.648877.
    1. The article looks at race and the LGBTQ community through the perspective of gay and queer social service providers who are people of color as well. This article helps me delve more into the issue of race and the LGBTQ community from a more modern source. However, it also looks at Toronto, which allows me to see the experience from other countries. This is all helpful to my research and allows me to see different perspectives of the intersection.
  6. Sacks, Chana A., et al. “In the Wake of Orlando — Taking Steps against Gun Violence.” New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 375, no. 9, 2016, doi:10.1056/nejme1608173.
    1. The last article I have focuses on gun control and the LGBTQ community. This body of work is relatively new as the intersection between the LGBTQ community and gun violence. The article is important to me and my research because it looks at a new intersection that no one thought of until June 2016. The article talks about some of the steps forward and how to move onward.