MCREW

PLOS One

Work-related stressors and mental health among LGBTQ workers: Results from a cross-sectional survey

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Author(s): Benjamin Owens, Suzanne Mills, Nathaniel Lewis, Adrian Guta
Date: 2022
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals experience high rates of adverse mental health outcomes due to the stressors they experience in families, communities, and society more broadly. Work and workplaces have the potential to influence these outcomes given their ability to amplify minority stress, and their ability to influence social and economic wellbeing in this already marginalized population. This study aims to identify how sociodemographic characteristics and characteristics of work, including degree of precarity, industry and perceived workplace support for LGBTQ people, influence self-reported mental health among LGBTQ people in two Canadian cities.