How Stigma Shapes Health for Sexual and Gender Minorities
- When
- Wednesday, November 18, 202612:00 PM – 1:00 PM ESTAdd to calendarGoogle Calendar
- Where
- Public Health A521130 Desoto Street, Pittsburgh, 15261Open in Maps
- Hosted by
- Center for LGBT Health Research
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About
Presented by Michael Trujillo, assistant professor of psychology, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University.
Stigma has been posited as a fundamental cause of health outcomes and health disparities, particularly among marginalized individuals such as sexual and gender minorities (SGM). It can motivate individuals to support or oppose public policies that directly and indirectly impact stigmatized individuals. Stigma also shapes the perceptions of daily events and how individuals with stigmatized identities respond to them, facilitating engagement in various strategies to cope with stigma related stress. In this talk, Dr. Trujillo will discuss a series of studies that examine the consequences of stigma for the health of SGM. The studies will highlight the negative consequences to policies protecting SGM, how responses to daily stress differ by sexual orientation, and internalized heterosexism as a potential pathway linking stigma to substance use. A discussion of his ongoing projects examining sexual stigma during dyadic interactions using dynamic psychophysiological measurement in SGM will follow.