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A correction to article " Latent Constructs of Economic Marginality Associated with Sexual Behavior, Healthcare Access and HIV Outcomes Among Transgender and Nonbinary People in Three U.S. Cities," published in a previous issue of the periodical, is presented,.

Transgender and nonbinary people (TNB) in the U.S. experience high HIV prevalence and diverse economic hardships. Yet a comprehensive understanding of how multiple, simultaneously occurring hardships—termed economic marginality—are together associated with healthcare and HIV outcomes is needed. Leveraging survey data from a sample of 330 TNB people in three U.S. cities, we conducted an exploratory mixed-source principal component analysis of latent factors of economic experience, then estimated their associations with sexual behavior, access to healthcare, HIV status, and HIV testing frequency. Two factors emerged: a traditional socioeconomic factor related to income, education, and employment (SES), and one related to housing precarity and (lack of) assets (Precarity). Higher Precarity scores were associated with sexual behavior, cost-based healthcare avoidance, discrimination-based healthcare avoidance, and more frequent HIV testing. Findings highlight the importance of understanding profiles of economic marginalization among trans and nonbinary people and can inform efforts to address upstream, structural factors shaping healthcare access and HIV outcomes in this key population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Gender-based stigma is a fundamental cause of mental health disparities among transgender and non-binary (TGNB) individuals, while resilience factors may be protective. We examined prospective relationships between gender-based enacted stigma, psychological distress, and resilience factors among TGNB individuals. Methods: Between 2016 and 2017, we enrolled 330 TGNB individuals in three metropolitan areas in the U.S. in a prospective cohort study focused on gender identity development, risk, and resilience across the lifespan. Using multilevel regression, we examined prospective associations between enacted gender-based stigma and psychological distress (measured by the Global Severity Index/BSI-18), and examined transgender pride and social support as moderators, adjusting for age, sex assigned at birth, race/ethnicity, education, and income. Results: Our sample was diverse in age (M = 34.4, range 16–87) and race/ethnicity (56.4% non-White). Over 2 years of follow-up, there was a decrease in reported gender-based stigma (b = − 0.61, p < 0.001) and transgender pride (b = − 0.14, p = 0.003), increase in social support (b = 0.21, p < 0.001), and no change in psychological distress. In adjusted analyses, gender-based stigma was positively associated with psychological distress (b = 1.10, p < 0.001) and social support was negatively associated with psychological distress (b = − 2.60, p < 0.001). Transgender pride moderated the relationship between stigma and psychological distress (p < 0.01), such that the association was stronger for lower levels of transgender pride. Conclusions: Our study provides longitudinal evidence for the deleterious role of gender-based stigma among TGNB individuals. Future interventions should consider fostering transgender pride and social support to promote mental health and mitigate negative effects of gender-based stigma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this manuscript, we explore the need for inclusion of sex-positivity training in counseling psychology doctoral program curricula. We surveyed 25 counseling psychology doctoral program administrators throughout the United States and asked about the inclusion of human sexuality coursework and training opportunities as well as sex positivity within their curricula. We report our findings, noting the number of programs that include human sexuality coursework, incorporate sex positivity, discuss sex positivity, and discuss sex positivity from a multicultural lens. The implications of these findings for research, practice, training, and advocacy within counseling psychology are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Correction to: Prospective relationships between stigma, mental health, and resilience in a multi-city cohort of transgender and nonbinary individuals in the United States, 2016-2019 B Correction to: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2022) 57:1445-1456 b https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02270-6 In this article the label of Figure.2 has been changed. The original article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02270-6. [Extracted from the article]

In this introduction to the special issue on safe schools for queer and trans students, the authors call attention to the role of professional counselors in developing safer school climates for all students. In doing so, a brief history of the safe schools movement in the United States is provided. The authors introduce the articles contained in this special issue and outline the most pressing social justice issues professional counselors across settings must address to provide culturally-responsive interventions to queer and trans students. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article provides an overview of best practices for professional school counselors working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) youth. The authors provide a rationale for this work and introduce ethical and legal issues that further support this work. Authors then introduce potential points of professional school counselor collaboration across a comprehensive, developmental model of school counseling. The article concludes with a review of systemic change strategies that can facilitate a school culture that supports the unique needs of all youth, specifically LGBTQ youth. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article describes the development and validation of the Internalized Racial Oppression Scale (IROS) for Black individuals in 2 studies using a total sample of 468 Black college students. The IROS is intended to measure the degree to which racial oppression is internalized and replicated by Black individuals in the United States. An exploratory factor analysis suggested a five-factor solution: Belief in the Biased Representation of History (BRH). Devaluation of the African Worldview and Motifs (DAW), Alteration of Physical Appearance (APA), Internalization of Negative Stereotypes (INS), and Hair Change (HC). Confirmatory factory analysis supported an adequate model fit of a four-factor model: BRH, APA, INS, and HC. All factors of the IROS were positively correlated with the Pre-Encounter subscale of the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (RIAS-B; J. E. Helms & T. A. Parham, 1996), and 4 of the factors were negatively correlated with the Immersion/Emersion subscale of the RIAS-B. Four factors of the IROS were negatively correlated with all subscales and total scores of the African Self-Consciousness Scale ( J. A. Baldwin & Y. R. Bell, 1985). These results provide some support of the validity of the IROS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) individuals were recently designated a health disparity population by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. We examined the effect of gender-related discrimination and resilience factors on the mental health of a community sample diverse in gender identity, age, and race/ethnicity. We report on the baseline data of a longitudinal study of transgender identity development across the lifespan with 330 TGNB individuals recruited through venue-based recruitment in three major metropolitan areas in the U.S. Mean age of participants was 34.4 years (SD = 13.7). Structured interviews collected self-report data on sociodemographics, gender-related discrimination, mental health, and resilience. We used hierarchical regression to examine the association between gender-related discrimination and psychological distress (BSI-18) and tested the moderating effect of family support, transgender community connectedness, gender literacy, and transgender activism on this relationship. In adjusted analyses, gender-related discrimination was positively associated with psychological distress. Family support was negatively associated with psychological distress. Contrary to our expectations, gender literacy and transgender activism were positively associated with psychological distress, while no significant relationship was found for transgender community connectedness. Family support, transgender community connectedness, gender literacy, and transgender activism did not moderate the effect of gender-related discrimination on psychological distress. Future mental health interventions should consider leveraging family support among TGNB individuals. Longitudinal studies are needed to better understand the role of gender literacy and activism with respect to mental health and development of identity and resilience among TGNB people.

The current study is a phenomenological examination of the resilience strategies of South Asian immigrant women in the United States who survived child sexual abuse. Semistructured interviews (N = 5) and a focus group (N = 8) were analyzed to gain a deep structural understanding of participants' experiences of child sexual abuse and resilience. Findings included four subthemes of South Asian context (strict gender socialization, maintenance of family image, influence of ethnic identity, acculturative stressors) and five subthemes of resilience strategies (use of silence, sense of hope, South Asian social support, social advocacy, intentional self-care). Research and practice implications are discussed.