State-Level Policy Environments, Discrimination, and Victimization among Sexual and Gender Minority People.

ABSTRACT: Legislation has been passed in some states to reduce discrimination and victimization toward sexual and gender minority people (SGM; people who are not solely heterosexual and/or whose gender identity is not equal to what is socially associated with sex assigned at birth). The purpose of these analyses is to test whether state-level policy environments are associated with past-year discrimination and victimization among SGM people. Cross-sectional data from The Population Research in Identity and Disparities for Equality (PRIDE) Study annual questionnaire (collected 2018-2019), a national study of the health of SGM adults in the USA, were used for these analyses. Measures included related to discrimination, victimization, and demographic characteristics. State-level policy environments wer

SUBMITTER: Clark KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9407724 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature