Anti-Equality Marriage Amendments and Sexual Stigma

Sexual Minority Stigma and System Justification Theory: How Changing the Status Quo Impacts Marriage and Housing Equality

Running head: CAMPAIGN MESSAGES AND MINORITY

Throughout history, the rights of stigmatized minority group members have been subject to popular debate and voter referenda. The impact of the resulting devaluing social discourse on the well-being of minority group members remains unknown. Most recently, exposure to the discourse leading up to decisions on same-sex marriage may have negative consequences for sexual minority individuals and sa...

Save Our Children: Overcoming the Narrative that Gays and Lesbians are Harmful to Children

The United States has seen a dramatic shift in support for marriage equality for same-sex couples over the past decade, culminating in a recent gay rights victory in the U.S. Supreme Court.1 Also in the past year, several states have approved marriage rights for same-sex couples through the legislative or initiative process, reflecting the increasing cultural and political acceptance of marriag...

Effective Socio-Economic Factors on the Increase of the Youth Marriage Age

Marriage age is one of the important indexes to the mental and physical health evaluation in the society. The aim of this study is the knowledge of socio-economic factors related to increase of marriage age in Kermanshah City. The research is descriptive with questionnaire the age in age range is 25-39 in Kermanshah. 380 individuals were selected via Chocran cluster random sampling. The results...

How statewide LGB policies go from ‘‘under our skin’’ to ‘‘into our hearts’’: fatherhood aspirations and psychological well-being among emerging adult sexual minority men.

Researchers have noted increasingly the public health importance of addressing discriminatory policies towards lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) populations. At present, however, we know little about the mechanisms through which policies affect LGB populations’ psychological well-being; in other words, how do policies get under our skin? Using data from a study of sexual minority young men (N = ...