Background: Transgender individuals in the United States experience significant health disparities as a result of minority stress processes. In particular, structural stigma, often a function of state policy environments, can discourage or encourage discrimination and cultural s…
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For the LGBTQ+ community, the concept of being in the traditional gay closet or out-of- the closet creates a binary that, for many, does not exist. This in-between state is unique for each individual, but patterns of behavior have formed depending on one’s race, class, or even r…
The benefits of physical activity to individual physical and mental health, as well as wider society, are well established. Yet, the physical activity participation levels of many remain insufficient, and considerable disparities (inequities) exist. Physical activity inequities …
To navigate the social world, humans have developed the adaptive capacity to rapidly form attitudes and beliefs about the many people and social groups that make up their environments. Many of these attitudes and beliefs are implicit, arising automatically in mind upon encounter…
Although understanding and accommodating client preferences is important for effective healthcare, few speech-language pathology studies have examined these preferences. This investigation explores gender diverse individuals’ preferences for gender-affirming voice modification (…
Current studies on sexual fluidity and non-exclusive sexual attractions are misleading as they leave the reader to assume all people have the same experiences. Studies on non-exclusive sexual attractions and identities, such as sexual fluidity, bisexuality, pansexuality, and mos…
Cyberbullying, or online bullying, is a form of harassment that occurs through the use of digital communication devices and social networking platforms, and ultimately leads to physical or mental harm or distress to the intended target. While the widespread use of social media s…
What follows discusses how BBC’s Dracula uses character representations, scripted dialogue, and narrative to challenge and perpetuate the dominant ideologies of our society. Dracula exposes the tensions in the growing cultural acceptance of, but also increased resistance to, the…
My dissertation explores the demographics and composition of sexual minority populations in the United States, their labor market experiences, and public policy, respectively. Using a novel method of Cross-Survey Multiple Imputation (CSMI), I create a unique dataset which allows…
This project documents the efforts of Kansas City activists, organizers, and politicians who successfully fought for the passage of a municipal nondiscrimination ordinance in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The ordinance outlawed discrimination in employment, housing, and public…
Many scholars have studied French Interwar photographer Claude Cahun’s use of mirrors in their self-portraits. However, scholarship of these photographs remains largely in discursive isolation. Indeed, scholars have yet to connect these artworks to the rest of Cahun’s oeuvre, as…
Research has demonstrated that overt and covert experiences of prejudice and discrimination have been associated with increased stress and distress among people with disabilities (Emerson, 2010; Mazur, 2008), a population with higher than expected rates of mental health concerns…
This study is a qualitative investigation of how one teacher's equity orientation impacts her work in an urban high school in south Texas. Her experience including students, especially those who identify with differences, is represented as a critical case study. The primary purp…
Media reports have shown same-sex issues in Catholics schools emerge in three ways: (1) same-sex parents who have children in a Catholic school, (2) same-sex students, and (3) same-sex teachers. These issues present a threat to Catholic school identity. Catholic school leaders a…
Homosexuality was removed from the list of mental illnesses in 1973, but negative attitudes towards homosexuals continue to be held by many mental health workers (Bradford, Ryan, & Rothblum, 1994; Edwards, 1996; Haldeman, 1994; Nicolosi, 1991; Socarides, 1988). Members of the ga…