SUBSTANCE USE AMONG SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES: ASSOCIATION WITH POLICE DISCRIMINATION AND POLICE MISTRUST.

We investigated associations between experiences with police discrimination, police mistrust, and substance use in a convenience sample of 237 sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults in California. In a cross-sectional survey, collected between January 2016 and July 2017, participants reported substance use, lifetime experiences with SGM-related police discrimination, police mistrust, demographics and SGM visibility. In adjusted logistic regression models, we found a positive association between lifetime police discrimination and past-two-week heavy episodic drinking.

The Role of Multiple Social Identities in Discrimination and Perceived Smoking-Related Stigma among Sexual and Gender Minority Current or Former Smokers.

Aims: We investigated how intersections of being a racial minority (i.e. being African American) and economically-disadvantaged (i.

Consumption, drugs and style: Constructing intra-ethnic boundaries in Asian American youth cultures.

Based on 250 qualitative interviews with Asian American young men and women in the dance/club scenes in the San Francisco area, we examine the interplay between consumption, style and taste cultures with issues of ethnic identity, gender and acculturation. We explore the ways that consumption and taste markers (e.g.

Moving beyond the gang-drug-violence connection.

The aim of this article is to reflect on the conceptual and methodological developments of our gang research over the past 20 years. We have conducted a large number of consecutive qualitative studies on youth gangs, drugs and alcohol in one urban locale for over two decades and have amassed a data set of over 2000 qualitative interviews. We have kept pace with the social changes in San Francisco as they have impacted and shaped youth gangs and their members' lives.