Facets of Gender Expression and Discrimination in Relation to Alcohol and Other Drug Use Severity Among Sexual Minority Women and Gender Diverse Individuals Assigned Female at Birth.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Sexual minority women and gender diverse individuals assigned female at birth (SMW+) consistently report more alcohol and other drug (AOD) use severity than heterosexual women, with greater disparities reported among bisexual plus (bi+) SMW (including bisexual, pansexual, queer, and those with attractions to more than one gender regardless of identity). Furthermore, emerging evidence suggests that SMW with masculine gender expression (e.g., SMW with masculine gender appearance) disproportionately experience problematic AOD use compared to those with feminine gender expression. The minority stress model, which has predominantly been investigated in relation to internalized homonegativity and sexuality-based discrimination, may also account for these AOD use disparitie

SUBMITTER: Batchelder AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10079249 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature