Acceptance (for Some): In-Group Stigmatization within the LGBTQ+ Community. Issue 2 (4th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sellnow-Richmond, Scott; Sellnow-Richmond, Deborah; Pemberton, Kassidy
• Is Part Of: Communication studies. Volume 73:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 190
• Page End: 209
• Publication Date: 2022-03-04
• Subjects: In-groups -- LGBTQ+ community -- stigmatization -- bullying -- identity -- gender; Communication -- Periodicals; Oratory -- Periodicals; 302.205
• DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2022.2026429
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1051-0974

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Social stigma can have negative mental and physical health repercussions for those who experience it. The LGBTQ+ community is one group demonstrative of this finding. Much of the research on stigmatization and the LGBTQ+ community focuses on stigmatization toward this group from broader society. Social psychology research has demonstrated the prevalence of in-group stigmatization within the community. For this study, 22 participants who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community were interviewed. Findings illustrate both enacted and perceived stigmatization that participants experience within the community related to behavioral, bisexual, and, Trans stigmatization, and demonstrate remaining work regarding how communities communicate about themselves, among their members, and the complex relationships that constitute them.