Minority Stress and Drinking: Connecting Race, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

The authors conduct research to investigate the relationship between intersectional minority stress and drinking among sexual minority women of color. Using a constructivist grounded-theory-based qualitative study, the authors identify five major themes that contributed to alcohol use. Each theme and several subthemes are explored in depth. Implications for practice, future training and research are also discussed.

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• Describe how minority stress impacts sexual minority women’s alcohol use.
• Discuss the five primary themes and subthemes that impact sexual minority women of color’s alcohol use.
• Apply research findings to clinical treatment, future training and research.

• Alison Cerezo, University of California, Calif.
• Chelsey Williams, San Francisco State University, Calif.
• Mariah Cummings, San Francisco State University, Calif.
• Derek Ching, San Francisco State University, Calif.
• Meredith Holmes, University of San Francisco, Calif.

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