The Mental Health Costs of Online Heterosexism Among LGBTQ+ Individuals: Development and Initial Validation of the Perceived Online Heterosexism Scale.

Experiences of heterosexism are rampant online, where bias and harassment against LGBTQ+ individuals spread conveniently and widely. Yet, research has been limited in understanding the exposure to online heterosexism among LGBTQ+ individuals partly due to the lack of a quantitative measure to advance this research. Thus, the current study developed and examined the psychometric properties of the Perceived Online Heterosexism Scale (POHS).