title: The Intersection of Sociocultural Factors and Health-Related Behavior in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: Experiences Among Young Black Gay Males as an Example.
abstract: Intersectionality suggests that multiple social identities intersect at the individual or micro level of experience and reflects larger social structural inequities experienced on the macro level. This article uses intersectionality to describe how multiple stigmatized social identities can create unique challenges for young black gay and bisexual men (YBGBM). YBGBM exist at the intersection of multiple stigmatized identities compared with their majority peers. This article examines key intersecting identities and cultural expectations that exist in YBGBM and how those factors may predispose young men to adverse health outcomes and health inequality.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Errol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: rarring3@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Renata Arrington
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Black/African American; Gay; Health-related behavior; Intersectionality; LGBT; YBGBM; Young black gay and bisexual men; Youth