Clinical Psychology PhD @NSUFlorida | T32 Postdoc @YaleSPH | Former Intern @BUMedicine | #health #stigmaresistance #intersectionality | he/him/él 🏳️🌈🇵🇷
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15 Mar 2024
Now out @APA_Journals @APADivision44! 🌈
We examined dating and hookup app use in relation to various forms of stigma experienced by gay men from other gay men to identify and contextualize ongoing gaps in access to social safety within the gay community.
doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000715
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Interested in learning more about the role of age in intraminority stigma experiences and community involvement among gay men? Click for the free eprint link, which can be used up to 50 times:
tandfonline.com/eprint/RCJYV… (if expired, feel free to DM me!)
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Are gay men aging together or apart? Short answer: It depends! New findings suggest that age and other status-relevant attributes intersect to influence gay men’s experiences of intraminority stigma and community involvement. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article… / tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… 🌈
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Come work with us! 🌈🧠🔎🌇
We're hiring a Postgraduate Research Associate in LGBTQ mental health to join our team in NYC this summer! ☀️Come join a dynamic research group advancing LGBTQ mental health 🏳️🌈
For more information and application instructions: postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026…
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Benjamin F. Shepherd, PhD retweeted
We're hiring a Postgraduate Research Associate in LGBTQ mental health to join our team in NYC this summer! ☀️Come join a dynamic research group advancing LGBTQ mental health 🏳️🌈
For more information and application instructions: postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026…
Please share widely!
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Fresh off the press! 📑🙏🌈👨❤️💋👨👩❤️💋👩💏👩❤️💋👨
Takeaway: Partnered Latter-day Saint individuals with minoritized sexual identities face unique psychosocial barriers to relationship satisfaction.
💯% 🆓 to read in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships: doi.org/10.1177/026540752614…
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Is dating app use harming the mental health of Black and Latinx gay and bisexual men? Our research suggests that may be the case, but only under specific conditions.
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If you’d like a copy of the article, please let me know! A big thank you to our team and participants! 5/5
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Forgot to tag @APA_Journals! Thank you for publishing our work.
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🚨New pub alert!🚨
Research on the health benefits of LGBTQ community involvement is mixed. Led by Dr. @WesleyRBarnhar1, our longitudinal study found… 1/4
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Fun fact: This is the first pub to examine the intraminority body stigma subscale I developed as a predictor of health outcomes. More to come!
Bottom line: Be mindful of what you say to others (and yourself) to maximize the health benefits of community involvement. 3/4
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Eating disorder researchers and clinicians working with gay/bi men should consider addressing the psychosocial impact of intraminority body stigma.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
If you’d like a copy of the article, let me know! 4/4
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Benjamin F. Shepherd, PhD retweeted
📢 New publication out!
Our paper uses network analysis to examine how proximal minority stressors and identity resilience factors interact among LGBTQ adults—moving beyond latent models to capture complex, interconnected processes.
doi.org/10.1080/09515070.202…
#LGBTQMentalHealth
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Benjamin F. Shepherd, PhD retweeted
New paper! 🧠 Dr. Smart, Dr. Pachankis and Dr. Bränström examine the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and sexual minority disparities in mental health.
Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.…
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Benjamin F. Shepherd, PhD retweeted
14 Nov 2025
This fall, we are recruiting parents of LGBTQ people for a paid study assessing programs designed for parents of LGBTQ people 🍁! See if you qualify for our research study by completing our eligibility screener at the link in bio 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Benjamin F. Shepherd, PhD retweeted
11 Nov 2025
Project EQuIP is back! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 We are excited to announce that we are recruiting participants once again for EQuIP. Participants must be located in NY, NJ, or PA. See if you're eligible here: linktr.ee/yalelgbtqmhi
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