Ma Junye, Paltin Dafna, Miller-Perusse Michael, Black Ashley, Baker Jason V, Horvath Keith J
San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, California, USA.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
J Homosex. 2025 Jan 28;72(2):228-244. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2024.2319621. Epub 2024 Feb 20.
Although the use of (GSN) applications for relationship seeking is prevalent among (SMM), SMM of color may be vulnerable to sexual racism online. Little is known about how sexual racism relates to SMM of color's identity outness, which is integral to the minority stress model and the focus of this study. Eighty SMM, recruited through social media (53.7% racial/ethnic minority), reported their experiences of race-based discrimination on GSN apps and identity outness. Chi-squared and Fisher's tests examined differences in race-based discrimination online by participants' race/ethnicity. A factorial MANOVA was performed on outness to family, peers, and healthcare providers. Nearly one-third of participants experienced race-based discrimination online. Higher percentages of SMM of color experienced race-based discrimination than White SMM. SMM who experienced race-based discrimination online reported lower outness to family than those who had not. Post-hoc analyses revealed that Asian SMM reported consistently lower outness than other groups. Our findings resonated with the mediation framework of minority stress, suggesting that sexual racism online may be a distal stressor that contributes to the group-specific process of identity outness. This also illustrated the importance of addressing sexual racism on GSN apps to buffer existing stress with outness among SMM of color.
尽管在性少数群体（SMM）中，使用基于地理位置的社交网络（GSN）应用程序寻找伴侣的现象很普遍，但有色人种性少数群体在网上可能容易遭受性种族主义。关于性种族主义与有色人种性少数群体的身份公开程度之间的关系，我们知之甚少，而身份公开程度是少数群体压力模型的一个组成部分，也是本研究的重点。通过社交媒体招募了80名性少数群体（其中53.7%为种族/族裔少数群体），他们报告了在基于地理位置的社交网络应用程序上基于种族的歧视经历和身份公开程度。卡方检验和费舍尔检验考察了不同种族/族裔参与者在网上基于种族的歧视差异。对向家人、同龄人及医疗服务提供者公开身份的情况进行了析因多变量方差分析。近三分之一的参与者在网上经历过基于种族的歧视。有色人种性少数群体经历基于种族歧视的比例高于白人性少数群体。在网上经历过基于种族歧视的性少数群体向家人公开身份的程度低于未经历过的人。事后分析显示，亚洲性少数群体报告的身份公开程度始终低于其他群体。我们的研究结果与少数群体压力的中介框架相呼应，表明网上的性种族主义可能是一个远端压力源，促成了特定群体的身份公开过程。这也说明了应对基于地理位置的社交网络应用程序上的性种族主义对于缓解有色人种性少数群体因身份公开而产生的现有压力的重要性。
