Internalized Phobia, Community Connectedness, Outness, and Mental Health Risk and Protection in LGBTQ Persons.

Background: Community connectedness, outness, and internalized phobia are potential protective and risk factors for mental health in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. However, these interrelated factors have generally been examined in isolation and for the LGBTQ community in aggregate. As such, there may be undetected effects of factors on mental health for each LGBTQ group.

Meta-ethnography on Chest Dysphoria and Liberating Solutions for Transmasculine Individuals.

Objective: To describe the experience of chest dysphoria in transmasculine people and the strategies they use to address it.

Data Sources: AnthroSource, PubMed, CINAHL, PsycInfo, SocIndex, and Google Scholar.

Study Selection: I searched for records written in English from 2015 and later in which authors reported qualitative findings related to chest dysphoria.