LGBTQIA+ People's Perspectives on LGBTQIA+-Targeted State Policies and Mental Health: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There has been a rise in state policies targeting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) people in the United States. Although large-scale studies have quantified associations between these policies and LGBTQIA+ people's mental health, less research has centered the first-hand accounts of LGBTQIA+ people.

Objective

To examine LGBTQIA+ people's accounts of how they perceive these policies to be impacting their mental health.

Design, setting, and participants

From July to October 2024, 1-hour, semistructured, virtual interviews were conducted with LGBTQIA+ adults living in states that had recently proposed or enacted state LGBTQIA+-targeted policies. The state policies inclu

SUBMITTER: Last BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12761330 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature