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Sexual Stigma

Sexual Stigma is a form of social stigma consisting of the negative regard, inferior status, and relative powerlessness that societies collectively assign to non-heterosexual sexualities, behaviors, relationships, and communities.

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Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity.

Melvin Seeman, Erving Goffman · American Sociological Review · 1964 · 10.8K citations

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Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity.

Melvin L. DeFleur, Erving Goffman · Social Forces · 1964 · 6.4K citations

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Minority Stress and Mental Health in Gay Men

Ilan H. Meyer · Journal of Health and Social Behavior · 1995 · 4.2K citations

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HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination: a conceptual framework and implications for action

Richard Parker, Peter Aggleton · Social Science & Medicine · 2003 · 2.7K citations

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Sexual problems among women and men aged 40–80 y: prevalence and correlates identified in the Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors

Edward O. Laumann, A. Nicolosi, Dale B. Glasser et al. · International Journal of Impotence Research · 2004 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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  1. JE
    John E. Pachankis

    Yale University, United States

    38 publications · 3.3K citations

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  2. ML
    Mark L. Hatzenbuehler

    Columbia University, United States

    31 publications · 4.3K citations

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  3. GM
    Gregory M. Herek

    University of California, Davis, United States

    29 publications · 11.7K citations

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  4. SB
    Stefan Baral

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    39 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. CH
    Carmen H. Logie

    University of Toronto, Canada

    32 publications · 2.5K citations

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  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    54 h-index

    213 publications

    25.5K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    48 h-index

    298 publications

    19.7K citations

  3. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    46 h-index

    172 publications

    14.7K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    44 h-index

    162 publications

    12.9K citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    44 h-index

    195 publications

    14.2K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    39 h-index

    152 publications

    12.9K citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    39 h-index

    134 publications

    9.5K citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    38 h-index

    134 publications

    12.6K citations

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  1. AIDS and Behavior

    171 publications · 12.5K citations

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  2. Social Science & Medicine

    77 publications · 12.1K citations

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  3. Archives of Sexual Behavior

    94 publications · 5.9K citations

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  4. Journal of Homosexuality

    JH · 81 publications · 5.1K citations

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  5. AIDS Care

    80 publications · 4.5K citations

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