Hagen Whitney B, Hoover Stephanie M, Morrow Susan L
a Counseling and Psychological Services , Florida Atlantic University , Boca Raton , Florida , USA.
b UNC Center for Health Equity Research , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
J Homosex. 2018;65(7):833-859. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1364562. Epub 2017 Sep 22.
Psychosocial benefits of activism include increased empowerment, social connectedness, and resilience. Yet sexual minority women (SMW) and transgender individuals with multiple oppressed statuses and identities are especially prone to oppression-based experiences, even within minority activist communities. This study sought to develop an empirical model to explain the diverse meanings of social justice activism situated in SMW and transgender individuals' social identities, values, and experiences of oppression and privilege. Using a grounded theory design, 20 SMW and transgender individuals participated in initial, follow-up, and feedback interviews. The most frequent demographic identities were queer or bisexual, White, middle-class women with advanced degrees. The results indicated that social justice activism was intensely relational, replete with multiple benefits, yet rife with experiences of oppression from within and outside of activist communities. The empirically derived model shows the complexity of SMW and transgender individuals' experiences, meanings, and benefits of social justice activism.
行动主义的社会心理益处包括增强权能、社会联系和恢复力。然而，具有多种受压迫身份的性少数女性（SMW）和跨性别者，即使在少数群体行动主义社区中，也特别容易遭受基于压迫的经历。本研究旨在建立一个实证模型，以解释社会正义行动主义在SMW和跨性别者的社会身份、价值观以及压迫和特权经历中的不同含义。采用扎根理论设计，20名SMW和跨性别者参与了初始访谈、跟进访谈和反馈访谈。最常见的人口统计学身份是酷儿或双性恋、白人、拥有高等学位的中产阶级女性。结果表明，社会正义行动主义具有强烈的关联性，充满了多种益处，但也充斥着来自行动主义社区内外的压迫经历。通过实证得出的模型展示了SMW和跨性别者在社会正义行动主义方面经历、意义和益处的复杂性。
