Identity abuse against sexual and gender minority communities: The Being LGBTQI+ in Ireland study.

ABSTRACT: Identity abuse targets people on the basis of immutable characteristics, and has the potential to cause greater emotional and psychological distress for this reason. People with multiple intersecting identities may be at greater risk. While the LGBTQI+ population experience higher rates of abuse than the general population, studies often focus on one type of abuse and rarely examine within LGBTQI+ group variation. A national cohort study involving over 2,800 LGBTQI+ participants aged 14 + examined the prevalence and predictors of LGBTQI+ identity abuse across six forms of abuse, as well as experiences of identity abuse more broadly via an open-ended question. Lifetime and past year prevalence of at least one form of abuse was 79% and 42% respectively. Polyvictimisation (two or more forms o

SUBMITTER: Downes C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12654936 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature