How not to announce that you are gay. - Hummer Foms by Elva

Mory strs theory poss that members of a stigmatized group, such as sexual mori (lbian, gay, bisexual, and other non-heterosexual dividuals), are particularly subject to ill effects of mory-specific events (strsors), cludg overt homonegativy. Although adverse effects of homonegativy are well documented for sexual mori, ltle is known about effects of wnsg homonegativy on heterosexual dividuals. As a growg number of heterosexual dividuals hold acceptg views of sexual mory dividuals, some trimental effects of homonegativy may extend to heterosexual dividuals. For example, prr studi monstrate that when racial majory-group members wns discrimatn agast mory-group members, they may experience strs rponse, particularly if they hold posive attus toward the mory-group. In this experimental study, 263 heterosexual adults (Mage = 34.47 years, SD = 9.67, 51.7% female) were randomized to eher wns homonegativy or to a ntrol ndn. Participants rated subjective strs on a 0–100 visual analogue sle both immediately before and after the film-based ductn. Participants also pleted a measure of their attus toward gay men and lbian women. Moratn analys dited that participants who were more acceptg of gay men and lbian women experienced greater strs after the ductn than those wh ls acceptg views. Implitns and limatns of the fdi...