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Black LGBT Health in the United States

The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

Edited by Lourdes Dolores Follins and Jonathan Mathias Lassiter - Contributions by Roberto L. Abreu; Siobhan Brooks; Dante' D. Bryant; Lawrence O. Bryant; Candice Crowell; Sannisha K. Dale; Lourdes Dolores Follins; Rahwa Haile; Angelique Harris; Tfawa T. Haynes; Lashaune P. Johnson; Jonathan Mathias Lassiter; Jane A. McElroy; Della V. Mosley; Kasim Oritz; Mark B. Padilla; Edith A. Parker; Kenneth Maurice Pass; Tonia C. Poteat; Amorie Robinson; Devon Tyrone Wade and H. Sharif "Herukhuti" Williams

Black LGBT Health in the United States: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation focuses on the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of health, and considers both risk and resiliency factors for the Black LGBT population. Contributors to this collection intimately understand the associations between health and intersectional anti-Black racism, heterosexism, homonegativity, biphobia, transphobia, and social class. This collection fills a gap in current scholarship by providing information about an array of health issues like cancer, juvenile incarceration, and depression that affect all subpopulations of Black LGBT people, especially Black bisexual-identified women, Black bisexual-identified men, and Black transgender men. This book is recommended for readers interested in psychology, health, gender studies, race studies, social work, and sociology.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 242 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4985-3576-2 • Hardback • December 2016 • $123.00 • (£95.00)
978-1-4985-3578-6 • Paperback • December 2018 • $50.99 • (£39.00)
978-1-4985-3577-9 • eBook • December 2016 • $48.00 • (£37.00)
Subjects: Social Science / LGBT Studies / General, Psychology / Health Psychology
Lourdes Dolores Follins is associate professor at the City University of New York.

Jonathan Mathias Lassiter is assistant professor of psychology at Muhlenberg College.
Preface
Introduction: For Us, By Us: A Manifesto of Black SGL and Trans Health
Jonathan Mathias Lassiter
Chapter 1 The Forgotten Intersection: Black LGBTQ/GNC Youth in Juvenile Detention in the United States
Amorie Robinson
Chapter 2 Black Bisexual Women’s Health in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review
Jonathan Mathias Lassiter
Chapter 3 Uses of the Interstitial as Power: Black, Bisexual Men Building Maroon Health
H. Sharif “Herukhuti” Williams
Chapter 4 Resistance as Resilience: How the Black Bisexual Community Keeps One Another Healthy
Della V. Mosley, Roberto L. Abreu, and Candice Crowell
Chapter 5 Narratives of Health among Black Trans Men: An Exploratory Intersectional Analysis
Tonia C Poteat and Lourdes Dolores Follins
Chapter 6 Balancing Act: Identity Management and Mental Health in Black LBT Women
Siobhan Brooks
Chapter 7 Rainbows or Ribbons? Queer Black Women Searching For a Place in the Cancer Sisterhood
LaShaune P. Johnson and Jane A. McElroy
Chapter 8 Status-Quo: Intersectionality Theory, Afro-Centric Paradigms, and Meeting the Healthcare Needs of Gay and Bisexual African American Men
Dante’ D. Bryant
Chapter 9 Identity, Sexual Identity Disclosure, and HIV Risk in Black Sexual Minority Men: A Conceptual Overview
Rahwa Haile, Mark B. Padilla, and Edith A. Parker
Chapter 10 Shades of Black: A Psychotherapy Group for Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
Tfawa T. Haynes and Sannisha K. Dale
Chapter 11 Effective Strategies Used by African American Same Gender Loving Men in Promoting Health and Wellbeing
Lawrence O. Bryant
Chapter 12 Perceptions of Health: Self-Rated Health among Black LGB People
Kasim Ortiz, Angelique Harris, Kenneth Maurice Pass, and Devon Tyrone Wade
Lourdes Dolores Follins and Jonathan Mathias Lassiter offer us a long overdue treatment of Black LGBT health in the United States, one that doesn’t shy away from our rich, varied, and intersectional tapestry by equally highlighting all constituents of the LGBT acronym. This offering honors all aspects of us through narratives, literature reviews, autoethnography, and both qualitative and quantitative methodologies that affirm our resilience as sexually and gender diverse descendants of the African diaspora. The words and recommendations provide us with considerations that highlight systems and affirmation, not just individual behaviors and pathology. The contributors to this collection paint a portrait of us, our communities, and our families as solutions instead of statistics. This book exalts our glorious resilience as Black LGBT and gender non-conforming peoples, and in doing so, provides us with a road map on how we can more effectively prioritize and celebrate our collective and individual health.
— David Malebranche, MD


Black LGBT Health in the United States advances our knowledge about Black LGBT communities who have experienced multiple forms of marginalization based on the intersection of racial, gender, social class, and hetero-normative hierarchies. This book engages with the complexities of examining core socio-structural barriers that influence disparate health inequities for Black LGBT communities. One of the major strengths of this work involves its interdisciplinary analytic frameworks—including theory, methodologies, and praxis—that examine health inequities, as situated in the everyday experiences of Black LGBT communities. This book provides an innovative strength-based framework that examines the critical role of resiliency in transcending health inequities in Black LGBT communities, and integrates this knowledge with applications to larger societal contexts. The breadth of this scholarly work is superb in its exploration of innovative, culturally-grounded prevention strategies and community based programs that challenge health inequities and provide a more holistic understanding of Black LGBT communities.
— Leo Wilton, State University of New York at Binghamton


I am so grateful for this volume. It is one of many books that have been missing for so long in the literature. Its intentional focus on Black populations within the LGBT health realm is soul satisfying. I expect this volume will be tremendously helpful for professionals who serve those often rendered invisible.
— Michele K. review Lewis, Winston-Salem State University


• Winner, GLMA Achievement Award (2017)

Black LGBT Health in the United States

The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

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Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Black LGBT Health in the United States: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation focuses on the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of health, and considers both risk and resiliency factors for the Black LGBT population. Contributors to this collection intimately understand the associations between health and intersectional anti-Black racism, heterosexism, homonegativity, biphobia, transphobia, and social class. This collection fills a gap in current scholarship by providing information about an array of health issues like cancer, juvenile incarceration, and depression that affect all subpopulations of Black LGBT people, especially Black bisexual-identified women, Black bisexual-identified men, and Black transgender men. This book is recommended for readers interested in psychology, health, gender studies, race studies, social work, and sociology.
Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 242 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-4985-3576-2 • Hardback • December 2016 • $123.00 • (£95.00)
    978-1-4985-3578-6 • Paperback • December 2018 • $50.99 • (£39.00)
    978-1-4985-3577-9 • eBook • December 2016 • $48.00 • (£37.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / LGBT Studies / General, Psychology / Health Psychology
Author
Author
  • Lourdes Dolores Follins is associate professor at the City University of New York.

    Jonathan Mathias Lassiter is assistant professor of psychology at Muhlenberg College.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface
    Introduction: For Us, By Us: A Manifesto of Black SGL and Trans Health
    Jonathan Mathias Lassiter
    Chapter 1 The Forgotten Intersection: Black LGBTQ/GNC Youth in Juvenile Detention in the United States
    Amorie Robinson
    Chapter 2 Black Bisexual Women’s Health in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review
    Jonathan Mathias Lassiter
    Chapter 3 Uses of the Interstitial as Power: Black, Bisexual Men Building Maroon Health
    H. Sharif “Herukhuti” Williams
    Chapter 4 Resistance as Resilience: How the Black Bisexual Community Keeps One Another Healthy
    Della V. Mosley, Roberto L. Abreu, and Candice Crowell
    Chapter 5 Narratives of Health among Black Trans Men: An Exploratory Intersectional Analysis
    Tonia C Poteat and Lourdes Dolores Follins
    Chapter 6 Balancing Act: Identity Management and Mental Health in Black LBT Women
    Siobhan Brooks
    Chapter 7 Rainbows or Ribbons? Queer Black Women Searching For a Place in the Cancer Sisterhood
    LaShaune P. Johnson and Jane A. McElroy
    Chapter 8 Status-Quo: Intersectionality Theory, Afro-Centric Paradigms, and Meeting the Healthcare Needs of Gay and Bisexual African American Men
    Dante’ D. Bryant
    Chapter 9 Identity, Sexual Identity Disclosure, and HIV Risk in Black Sexual Minority Men: A Conceptual Overview
    Rahwa Haile, Mark B. Padilla, and Edith A. Parker
    Chapter 10 Shades of Black: A Psychotherapy Group for Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
    Tfawa T. Haynes and Sannisha K. Dale
    Chapter 11 Effective Strategies Used by African American Same Gender Loving Men in Promoting Health and Wellbeing
    Lawrence O. Bryant
    Chapter 12 Perceptions of Health: Self-Rated Health among Black LGB People
    Kasim Ortiz, Angelique Harris, Kenneth Maurice Pass, and Devon Tyrone Wade
Reviews
Reviews
  • Lourdes Dolores Follins and Jonathan Mathias Lassiter offer us a long overdue treatment of Black LGBT health in the United States, one that doesn’t shy away from our rich, varied, and intersectional tapestry by equally highlighting all constituents of the LGBT acronym. This offering honors all aspects of us through narratives, literature reviews, autoethnography, and both qualitative and quantitative methodologies that affirm our resilience as sexually and gender diverse descendants of the African diaspora. The words and recommendations provide us with considerations that highlight systems and affirmation, not just individual behaviors and pathology. The contributors to this collection paint a portrait of us, our communities, and our families as solutions instead of statistics. This book exalts our glorious resilience as Black LGBT and gender non-conforming peoples, and in doing so, provides us with a road map on how we can more effectively prioritize and celebrate our collective and individual health.
    — David Malebranche, MD


    Black LGBT Health in the United States advances our knowledge about Black LGBT communities who have experienced multiple forms of marginalization based on the intersection of racial, gender, social class, and hetero-normative hierarchies. This book engages with the complexities of examining core socio-structural barriers that influence disparate health inequities for Black LGBT communities. One of the major strengths of this work involves its interdisciplinary analytic frameworks—including theory, methodologies, and praxis—that examine health inequities, as situated in the everyday experiences of Black LGBT communities. This book provides an innovative strength-based framework that examines the critical role of resiliency in transcending health inequities in Black LGBT communities, and integrates this knowledge with applications to larger societal contexts. The breadth of this scholarly work is superb in its exploration of innovative, culturally-grounded prevention strategies and community based programs that challenge health inequities and provide a more holistic understanding of Black LGBT communities.
    — Leo Wilton, State University of New York at Binghamton


    I am so grateful for this volume. It is one of many books that have been missing for so long in the literature. Its intentional focus on Black populations within the LGBT health realm is soul satisfying. I expect this volume will be tremendously helpful for professionals who serve those often rendered invisible.
    — Michele K. review Lewis, Winston-Salem State University


Awards
Awards
  • • Winner, GLMA Achievement Award (2017)

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