TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Gender Identity Microaggressions
T2 - Toward an Intersectional Framework for Social Work Research
AU - Sterzing, Paul R.
AU - Gartner, Rachel E.
AU - Woodford, Michael R.
AU - Fisher, Colleen M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - Professional ethics compel social workers to address all forms of discrimination and oppression. Microaggressions can contribute to health disparities for marginalized groups; yet, little is known about the frequency, mechanisms, and impact of microaggressions on sexual minorities, cisgender women, and gender minorities—particularly for those with intersecting marginalized identities. This article extends microaggression literature by exploring interrelated constructs of sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity microaggressions, and offering recommendations for future research using an intersectional lens to foster an integrated and complex understanding of microaggressions. Implications of an intersectional microaggression framework for social work education and practice are discussed.
AB - Professional ethics compel social workers to address all forms of discrimination and oppression. Microaggressions can contribute to health disparities for marginalized groups; yet, little is known about the frequency, mechanisms, and impact of microaggressions on sexual minorities, cisgender women, and gender minorities—particularly for those with intersecting marginalized identities. This article extends microaggression literature by exploring interrelated constructs of sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity microaggressions, and offering recommendations for future research using an intersectional lens to foster an integrated and complex understanding of microaggressions. Implications of an intersectional microaggression framework for social work education and practice are discussed.
KW - GLBT
KW - Microagressions
KW - gender
KW - intersectional theory
KW - minority stress theory
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U2 - 10.1080/15313204.2016.1263819
DO - 10.1080/15313204.2016.1263819
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009274713
SN - 1531-3204
VL - 26
SP - 81
EP - 94
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
IS - 1-2
ER -