Approaches to Research on Intersectionality: Perspectives on Gender, LGBT, and Racial/Ethnic Identities

Sex Roles

Volumn 68, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 639-645

  Parent, Mike C ^a   DeBlaere, Cirleen ^b   Moradi, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Intersectionality; Race ethnicity; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877774148     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0283-2     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. American Anthropological Association. (1997). Response to OMB Directive 15: Race and ethnic standards for federal statistics and administrative reporting. Retrieved from http://www. aaanet. org/gvt/ombsumm. htm.
2. American Psychological Association Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance. (2008). Report of the task force on gender identity and gender variance. Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://www. apa. org/news/press/releases/gender-variant-2. pdf.
3. Babbitt, L. G. (2011). An intersectional approach to Black/White interracial interactions: The roles of gender and sexual orientation. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-011-0104-4.
4. Beal, F. M. (1970). Double jeopardy: To be black and female. In T. Cade (Ed.), The black woman: An anthology (pp. 90-100). New York: Signet.
5. Black, L. L., & Stone, D. (2005). Expanding the definition of privilege: The concept of social privilege. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 33, 243-255. doi: 10. 1002/j. 2161-1912. 2005. tb00020. x.
6. Bowleg, L. (2008). When Black + lesbian + woman =/= Black lesbian woman: The methodological challenges of qualitative and quantitative intersectionality research. Sex Roles, 59, 312-325. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-008-9400-z.
7. Bowleg, L. (2012). Once you've blended the cake, you can't take the parts back to the main ingredients: Black gay and bisexual men's descriptions and experiences of intersectionality. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-012-0152-4.
8. Choo, H. Y., & Ferree, M. M. (2010). Practicing intersectionality in sociological research: A critical analysis of inclusions, interactions, and institutions in the study of inequalities. Sociological Theory, 28, 129-149. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1467-9558. 2010. 01370. x.
9. Cole, E. R. (2009). Intersectionality and research in psychology. American Psychologist, 64, 170-180. doi: 10. 1037/a0014564.
10. Collier, K. L., Bos, H. M. W., Merry, M. S., & Standfort, T. G. M. (2012). Gender, ethnicity, religiosity, and same-sex sexual attraction and the acceptance of same-sex sexuality and gender non-conformity. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-012-0135-5.
11. Collins, P. H. (1998). The social construction of black feminist thought. In K. A. Myers, C. D. Anderson, & B. J. Risman (Eds.), Feminist foundations: Toward transforming sociology. Gender and society readers (pp. 371-339). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
12. Collins, P. H. (2000). Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment. New York: Routledge.
13. DeBlaere, C., Brewster, M. E., Sarkees, A. M., & Moradi, B. (2010). Conducting research with LGB People of Color: Methodological challenges and strategies. The Counseling Psychologist, 38, 331-362. doi: 10. 1177/0011000009335257.
14. Diamond, L. M., & Butterworth, M. (2008). Questioning gender and sexual identity: Dynamic links over time. Sex Roles, 59, 365-376. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-008-9425-3.
15. Dottolo, A. L., & Stewart, A. J. (2008). "Don't ever forget now, you're a Black man in America": Intersections of race, class and gender in encounters with the police. Sex Roles, 59, 350-364. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-007-9387-x.
16. Fassinger, R. E., & Arseneau, J. R. (2007). I'd rather get wet than be under that umbrella: Differentiating the experiences and identities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. In K. J. Bieschke, R. M. Perez, & K. A. DeBord (Eds.), Handbook of counseling and psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clients (pp. 19-49). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
17. Galupo, M. P., & Gonzalez, K. A. (2012). Friendship values and cross-category friendships: Understanding adult friendship patterns across gender, sexual orientation and race. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-012-0211-x.
18. Greene, B. (1994). African-American women. In L. Comas-Diaz & B. Greene (Eds.), Women of color: Integrating ethnic and gender identities in psychotherapy (pp. 10-29). New York: Guilford.
19. Helms, J. E., Jernigan, M., & Mascher, J. (2005). The meaning of race in psychology and how to change it: A methodological perspective. American Psychologist, 60, 27-36. doi: 10. 1037/0003-066X. 60. 1. 27.
20. Herek, G. M. (2010). Sexual orientation differences as deficits: Science and stigma in the history of American psychology. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 693-699. doi: 10. 1177/1745691610388770.
21. Hurtado, A., & Sinha, M. (2008). More than men: Latino feminist masculinities and intersectionality. Sex Roles, 59, 337-349. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-008-9405-7.
22. King, D. K. (1988). Multiple jeopardy, multiple consciousness: The context of a Black feminist ideology. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 14, 42-72. doi: 10. 1086/494491.
23. Landrine, H., Klonoff, E. A., Alcaraz, R., Scott, J., & Wikins, P. (1995). Multiple variables in discrimination. In B. Lott & D. Maluso (Eds.), The social psychology of interpersonal discrimination (pp. 183-224). New York: Guilford.
24. Loftus, J. (2001). America's liberalization in attitudes toward homosexuality, 1973 to 1998. American Sociological Review, 66, 767-782. doi: 10. 2307/3088957.
25. Mahalingam, R., Balan, S., & Haritatos, J. (2008). Engendering immigrant psychology: An intersectionality perspective. Sex Roles, 59, 326-336. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-008-9495-2.
26. McCall, L. (2005). The complexity of intersectionality. Signs, 3, 1771-1800.
27. Moradi, B., Mohr, J. J., Worthington, R. L., & Fassinger, R. E. (2009). Counseling psychology research on sexual (orientation) minority issues: Conceptual and methodological challenges and opportunities. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56, 5-22. doi: 10. 1037/a0014572.
28. Moradi, B., & Parent, M. C. (2013). Assessment of gender-related traits, attitudes, roles, norms, identity, and experiences. In K. F. Geisinger (Ed.), APA Handbook of testing and assessment in psychology (Vol. 2). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
29. Moradi, B., & Subich, L. M. (2003). A concomitant examination of the relations of perceived racist and sexist events to psychological distress for African American women. The Counseling Psychologist, 31, 451-469. doi: 10. 1177/0011000003031004007.
30. Moradi, B., & Yoder, J. D. (2011). The psychology of women. In E. M. Altmaier & J. C. Hansen (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of counseling psychology (pp. 346-374). New York: Oxford University Press.
31. Norton, A. T., & Herek, G. M. (2012). Heterosexuals' attitudes toward transgender people: Findings from a national probability sample of US adults. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-011-0110-6.
32. Purdie-Vaughns, V., & Eibach, R. P. (2008). Intersectional invisibility: The distinctive advantages and disadvantages of multiple subordinate-group identities. Sex Roles, 59, 377-391. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-008-9424-4.
33. Quintana, S. M. (2007). Racial and ethnic identity: Developmental perspectives and research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54, 259-270. doi: 10. 1037/0022-0167. 54. 3. 259.
34. Riggs, D. W. (2012). Anti-Asian sentiment amongst a sample of white Australian men on gaydar. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-012-0119-5.
35. Sevelius, J. M. (2012). Gender affirmation: A framework for conceptualizing risk behavior among transgender women of color. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-012-0216-5.
36. Shields, S. A. (2008). Gender: An intersectionality perspective. Sex Roles, 59, 301-311. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-008-9501-8.
37. Singh, A. A. (2012). Transgender youth of color and resilience: Negotiating oppression and finding support. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-012-0149-z.
38. Stewart, A. J., & McDermott, C. (2004). Gender in psychology. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 519-544. doi: 10. 1146/annurev. psych. 55. 090902. 141537.
39. Swank, E., & Fahs, B. (2012). An intersectional analysis of gender and race for sexual minorities who engage in gay and lesbian rights activism. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-012-0168-9.
40. Syed, M. (2010). Disciplinarity and methodology in intersectional theory and research. American Psychologist 65: 61-62.
41. Szymanski, D. M., & Moffitt, L. B. (2012). Sexism and heterosexism. In N. A. Fouad, J. A. Carter, & L. M. Subich (Eds.), APA Handbook of counseling psychology, vol. 2: Practice, interventions, and applications (pp. 361-390). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
42. Veenstra, G. (2012). The gendered nature of discriminatory experiences by race, class, and sexuality: A comparison of intersectionality theory and the subordinate male target hypothesis. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-012-0243-2.
43. Walby, S., Armstrong, J., & Strid, S. (2012). Intersectionality: Multiple inequalities in social theory. Sociology, 46, 224-240. doi: 10. 1177/0038038511416164.
44. Warner, L. R., & Shields, S. A. (2013). The intersections of sexuality, gender, and race: Identity research at the crossroads. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-013-0281-4.
45. West, C., & Fenstermaker, S. (1995). Doing difference. Gender and Society, 9, 8-37. doi: 10. 1177/089124395009001002.
46. West, C., & Zimmerman, D. H. (1987). Doing gender. Gender and Society, 1, 125-151. doi: 10. 1177/0891243287001002002.
47. Worthen, M. G. (2012). An argument for separate analyses of attitudes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual men, bisexual women, MtF and FtM transgender individuals. Sex Roles, this issue. doi: 10. 1007/s11199-012-0155-1.
48. Yoder, J. D. (2013). Women and gender: Making a difference. Cornwall-on-Hudson: Sloan.
49. Yoder, J. D., & Kahn, A. S. (2003). Making gender comparisons more meaningful: A call for more attention to social context. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 27, 281-290. doi: 10. 1111/1471-6402. 00108.