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Report
Social Support Networks Among Diverse Sexual Minority Populations
February 2016
This study collected data from a community sample recruited in New York City in order to explore the function and composition of social support networks among diverse LGB men and women in comparison to their heterosexual peers. It was published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry in January 2016,
Highlights
Gay and bisexual men rely on "chosen families" more than lesbian and bisexual women.
LGB and heterosexual respondents relied less on family and more on other people for everyday social support.
Providers of everyday social support were most often of the same sexual orientation and race/ethnicity as participants.