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This study explores how queer and trans youth construct their lives in relation to narratives of crisis and resiliency in schools. It seeks to contribute to the emerging field of queer joy studies, which challenges portrayals of queer and trans individuals as subjects of adversity. I facilitated two participatory collage-making workshops and two focus group interviews with four queer and trans students from a rural high school in New Brunswick, Canada, to learn more about how these young people shape and were shaped by their school's constructions of them. Through their collages and conversations, the youth resisted simplistic celebrations and alarmist constructions of themselves-foregrounding ambivalence and active social lives while challenging normative constructions of gender and sexuality within their school. My work with these young people suggests that educational policy and practice have overdetermined what life looks like for young queer and trans people in New Brunswick schools. Further, I argue that queer joy can emerge as a powerful framework for understanding and teaching when it foregrounds the everyday and often contradictory realities of 2SLGBTQIA+ life.

Slovakia is one of the countries with the lowest rates of LGBTQ+ acceptance and high rates of hostility in the EU. LGBTQ+ people report stress from rejection and fears for their safety. Slovakia lacks legal recognition of same-sex marriage, partnerships, or kinship rights for sexual minorities. The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of LGBT parents and children raised by LGBT parents in Slovakia. Specifically: (1) their perceptions of the societal context and (2) the identity maintenance strategies they use to navigate both LGBT and parental identities. Thirty-two parents and four (former) children participated in either semi-structured interviews or focus groups. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and interpreted through Social Identity Theory. Participants described frequent instances of heteronormativity, both from outgroups and ingroups, which presented barriers either to starting a family, or to conducting family life. Strong identification with the parental identity contributed to overcoming heteronormative barriers. Mostly participants used strategies of social comparison, such as reframing the basis of comparison or the comparison group. Strategies of social mobility were experienced negatively, and strategies of social competition reflected the agency in reducing obstacles.

While many sexual- and gender-minority adults experience significant rates of everyday discrimination, less is known about how it shapes life satisfaction and the psychosocial mechanisms involved. Using three waves of nationwide data on 612 sexual- and gender-minority adults in the United States from the Generations study, we analyzed the relationships between everyday discrimination, psychological distress, social well-being, and life satisfaction. Structural equation modeling was conducted in R to test separate and chain mediation models. Everyday discrimination (T1) is significantly related to life satisfaction (T3) (β = ‒0.226, p = 0.019, 95% CI: [-0.414, -0.039]). In two separate mediation models, psychological distress (T2) mediates the relationship between everyday discrimination (T1) and life satisfaction (T3) (β = ‒0.084, p = 0.004, 95% CI: [-0.14, -0.027]). Social well-being (T2) also mediates this relationship (β = ‒0.034, p = 0.034, 95% CI: [-0.065, -0.003]). In the chain mediation model, social well-being is a preceding indicator of psychological distress and life satisfaction (β = ‒0.012, p = 0.043, 95% CI: [-0.023, -0.0004]). These findings suggest that social well-being is a proximal indicator that both reflects and transmits the effects of minority stress to worse mental health and well-being. Future research is recommended to position social well-being more centrally to examine its protective role in the impacts of minority stress.

This study analyses how conservative Muslim speakers in Kerala, India, use YouTube to produce and circulate anti-LGBTQ+ discourse. Through a qualitative content analysis of 15 Malayalam-language videos posted after India's 2018 decriminalization of same-sex relationships, the research identifies a multi-stage "architecture of digital exclusion." This rhetorical system is built from four discursive repertoires that guide audiences from moral-theological certainty to a populist moral panic. It launders religious objections into the language of science and frames LGBTQ+ identities as an existential threat, weaponizing Kerala's partial state-led inclusion policies as proof of a hostile, Western-backed "gender ideology." The findings show how digital platforms are used to amplify exclusionary religious narratives and mediate anxieties about social change. The study contrasts this with the "architecture of resilience" constructed by queer Muslims, who use the same digital platforms to forge alternative, queer-affirming communities and theologies.

Research on violence within LGBTIQA+ communities is scarce despite sizable prevalence. Map concepts and methods used to study intracommunity violence. PRISMA-guided search (Scopus/Web of Science/SciELO) plus snowballing identified 50 studies (2003-2024). We conducted a social-constructionist, semantic, deductive-inductive Reflexive Thematic Analysis and assessed methodological quality with the NIH tool. Evidence from 19 countries shows good-to-fair methodological quality overall, but heavy reliance on cross-sectional self-report. Three themes emerged: 1) heterocisnormative intimate partner violence; 2) social media reproducing intraminority stigmas; 3) symbolic violence against feminized bodies. LGBTIQA+ intracommunity violence is structural, with internalized heterocisnormativity. Critical methodological gaps require new instruments capturing gender performativity, corporeality, and power dynamics.

This essay examines the myth of metronormative safety through the metaphor of the hunting grounds, exploring how queer bodies navigate violence across rural and urban landscapes. First, the author lays out the theoretical frameworks of queer ruralism and metronormativity to analyze how violence against queer individuals is recorded and understood. Rather than treating the archive as a passive record, this method reanimates queer experiences, transforming them into active, embodied acts of remembrance.Second, the paper articulates the use of performative archival methods that challenge traditional, static approaches to documenting queer histories. Third, tracing these histories across geographic landscapes, this work reveals how violence often perceptually begins in rural spaces and shifts-sometimes intensifying, sometimes transforming-as queer individuals move to metropolitan areas. Finally, this work examines what remains of the queer self in these encounters with violence, considering the lasting effects of being both haunted and hunted. By intertwining these threads, this work challenges dominant narratives of queer identity, offering a more complex understanding of queer time, space, and survival.

South Africa has not yet enacted a specific legislative ban on conversion practices. This is despite widespread international consensus that so-called conversion practices-aimed at changing an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression-are harmful, unethical, and violate fundamental human rights. This omission is particularly striking given South Africa's globally lauded Constitution, which enshrines the rights to equality, dignity, and bodily and psychological integrity, and is often celebrated for its progressive protection of LGBTQ+ persons. This article critically examines the dissonance between South Africa's constitutional values and its legal silence on conversion practices, especially as they relate to vulnerable groups. Drawing on domestic jurisprudence, international human rights law, and comparative legislative developments from jurisdictions such as Australia and Germany, the article argues that the continued permissibility of conversion practices in South Africa constitutes a systemic failure to fulfil both constitutional obligations and international commitments. It also examines the professional stances adopted by organizations such as the Psychological Society of South Africa and critiques the limitations of relying solely on ethical guidelines in the absence of statutory or criminal sanctions. The article concludes with a call for urgent legal reform, proposing a rights-based legislative framework that expressly prohibits conversion practices and aligns South Africa's domestic law with its constitutional ethos and global human rights standards.

Within American society, marginalization shapes access to many needed resources. As the U.S. housing crisis has shown, the need for affordable, stable, safe housing is paramount. Given the severity of the current housing crisis, we seek to understand housing insecurity, particularly among LGBTQ+ adults. In this brief report, we draw upon nationally representative data from the 2019-2022 American Community Survey to provide an up-to-date overview of inequities in housing quality and affordability among same- and different-sex couple households. We find that different-sex married households had the lowest proportions of incomplete plumbing and kitchen facilities. In addition, over a quarter of both different-sex and female same-sex cohabiting couple households spend more than 30% of their household income on housing needs, while the lowest proportion of housing cost burden was among male same-sex married couples. Our exploratory analysis suggests opportunities for future investigations of factors related to housing insecurity among sexual minority groups.

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) Latines face complex decisions about disclosing their sexual orientation and/or gender identity to others, navigating systemic and interpersonal discrimination. Little is known about the ways SGM Latines make these decisions in the face of these challenges, highlighting the need for studies that include multiple experiences within the SGM Latine community to better understand their unique identity disclosure processes. The present study investigated the coming out experiences of 30 SGM Latines (M_age = 24.5) through semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis and two overarching themes were developed: Coming Out Narratives in an Intersectional Context and Where Do I Go When There is Nowhere to Go? These themes represented the cultural and systemic factors that affect these participants' decision to come out, while also showcasing the dynamic process of identity disclosure. Findings indicated a desire to build intersectional communities as a way of coping with systematic oppression and discrimination and seeking authenticity. These findings highlighted the importance of understanding the intersection of Latinidad(es) and queerness and how these identities, and the systems that oppress those who possess them, play a role in the decision of when and how to come out.

Portrayals of trans and nonbinary (TNB) remain largely stereotypical or negative, an ongoing misrepresentation contributing to chronic stress, particularly in the form of Gender Minority Stress. This study qualitatively explores how TNB Italians experience representation in video games, films, and TV series. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between January and April 2024, reaching 35 participants (22 nonbinary, 8 trans men, 5 trans women), aged 20-38 (M = 24.69). A reflexive thematic analysis, enriched by the participation of a trans author, generated four main themes: (1) Identification with TNB representation; (2) Misrecognition and marginalization; (3) Gender Minority Stressors; (4) Belonging and Visibility. Identifying with TNB characters often served as a turning point in participants' identity development. Distorted or harmful representations led some to withdraw from certain media to avoid further emotional distress. Conversely, positive portrayals fostered a sense of belonging, pride, and vicarious support, countering a delegitimizing social context. Through their cultural significance, media play a key role in shaping identity and social perception, while also helping to challenge experiences of invalidation and invisibility. By centering TNB voices, this study underscores the potential of media as spaces for visibility, self-discovery, and the negotiation of identities.