LGBTQ trauma
trauma related to LGBTQ Identity
LGBTQ trauma is the distress an individual experiences due to being a lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer person or from possessing another minoritized sexual or gender identity. This distress can be harmful to the individual and predispose them to trauma- and stressor-related disorders.
Prevalence
Academic research implies that sexual and gender minorities are exposed to a heightened number of trauma-related stressors. These traumatic experiences appear to be related to reports from clinicians and epidemiological data from research that LGBTQ+ individuals generally deal with higher levels of interpersonal victimization that have the potential to prove traumatizing. These interpersonal traumas are often experienced by a large portion of sexual and gender minorities. When comparing heterosexual siblings to their same-sex lesbian, gay, or bisexual siblings, it was found that the sexual minority sibling was victimized at a higher rate across each of the types of interpersonal violence. This included partner violence and both childhood and adult physical and sexual assault. Furthermore, it has been found that 54.8% of transgender and gender nonconforming individuals experience childhood abuse compared to 19.5% of cisgender individuals surveyed. One review that looked at the rates of sexual assault amongst sexual minorities found that up to 54% of men that identify as gay or bisexual and up to 85% of women who identify as either a lesbian or bisexual have endured some level of sexual assault.
Identification
Researchers have found essential cultural considerations when attempting to determine whether an LGBTQ+-identified individual has experienced trauma.
“LGBTQ trauma” enters the record as trauma related to LGBTQ Identity. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what LGBTQ, trauma and related can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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