Psychology of Sexual and Gender Diversity

Dear Colleagues,

Research focusing on various aspects of sexual and gender diversity is no longer an uncommon enterprise. However, the recent rise in anti-LGBTQ2SIA+ rhetoric and vitriol calls into question the applicability of results from prior to this shift in public sentiment. For example, perhaps participants who would have previously refrained from articulating anti-LGBTQ2SIA+ sentiments now feel emboldened to do so. The increase in such rhetoric may also have greater negative consequences for the most vulnerable LGBTQ2SIA+ targets, with a severity that has yet to be identified and/or communicated. However, LGBTQ2SIA+ community members are also finding new ways to persevere, which may reflect an evolution of sorts to the types of resiliency commonly observed. The aim of this Special Issue of Behavioral Sciences is to showcase papers that focus on such topics, along with: 1) research dealing with identity and how it may be conceptualized among any of various sexual and gender diverse populations; 2) experiences with marginalization and any shifts that may have occurred following the recent rise of anti-LGBTQ2SIA+ rhetoric; 3) psychometric advances by way of measurement of variables related to sexual and gender diverse populations (including, but not limited to, the development of new measures); 4) research acknowledging and highlighting various populations and communities, beyond sexual orientation, that may engage in sexual practices considered “non-traditional” or “abnormal” and remain pathologized (e.g., BDSM); 5) perceptions of allyship and how it may be conceptualized by those who consider themselves allies of various communities and populations; 6) intersectionality of various marginalized identities; and 7) any other subjects or themes that offer empirical evidence pertaining to the psychology of sexual and gender diversity.

Dr. CJ Bishop
Guest Editor

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