Content analysis of psychological research with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people of color in the United States: 1969-2018.

ABSTRACT: This article updates previous content analyses that identified a relative paucity of U.S.-based psychological research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people of color by extending the period covered to 2018. In addition to documenting how many such studies occurred and when, it considers the research questions asked, funding sources, impact, and journal outlets. This richer description of this research area allowed us to describe historically not only when LGBT people of color in the United States were studied but why they were studied, which journals published this work, and which published studies were most influential. We found that the literature starts in 1988 for LGB people of color and in 2009 for transgender people of color and that a significant shift occurred in

SUBMITTER: Barnett AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8243565 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature