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Community Neville, Helen Hund, Anita Cromley, Jennifer Oswald, Ramona Williams, Briana J 2021-03-05T21:38:13Z 2021-03-05T21:38:13Z 2020-12-07 2020-12 Research and theory about the lived experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ (LGBTQ+) populations are often characterized by both stress and resilience. One protective factor that is commonly explored is community-based involvement or one’s behavioral engagement with the LGBTQ+ community. Few studies specifically center the involvement of Black and Latinx LGBTQ+. Although scant, previous research suggests that there are underexamined complexities to the community-based involvement of Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ that relate to their multiple marginalized social identities and access to various identity-related communities. As an extension of previous research, the current study utilizes data from the 2010 Social Justice Sexuality Project to describe the community-based involvement of Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ Adults (N = 2,518) across three relevant community spaces (i.e., LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ BIPOC). Sociopolitical Involvement (SPI) – a type of community-based involvement – references one’s participation in social and cultural events that address community issues or concerns (Battle & Harris, 2013). Using Latent Profile Analysis (LPA), findings revealed six subtypes of SPI: LGBTQ+ Gateway Engager, Occasional Engagers, Intersectional Community Enthusiasts, Mainstream Engagers, Immersed Community Members, and LGBTQ+ Focused Affiliates. Intersectional Community Enthusiasts indicated a particularly unique pattern of SPI that related to significantly higher connectedness, religiosity/spirituality, sexual identity outness, and psychological well-being. Key findings exhibited the utility of considering multiple sites of community-based involvement when exploring the engagement behaviors of Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ Adults. Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2021-03-04 without embargo terms The student, Briana Williams, accepted the attached license on 2020-11-30 at 15:58. The student, Briana Williams, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2020-11-30 at 16:12. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2020-12-07 at 15:48. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15996 on 2021-03-04 at 15:35:34 Made available in DSpace on 2021-03-05T21:38:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 WILLIAMS-THESIS-2020.pdf: 1550742 bytes, checksum: 994d8dd78edc4f045b8d727dc8bb2aa8 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4212 bytes, checksum: 89169c1f0b4872d71b2b14d94ddfb252 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2020-12-07 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/109406 en Copyright 2020 Briana Williams LGBTQ Queer BIPOC Community Involvement Sociopolitical Involvement Black Latinx Participation Exploring the community-based involvement of Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ adults text Thesis Educational Psychology Educational Psychology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S.