@article{ref1,
title="Regional measures of sexual-orientation bias predict where same-gender couples live",
journal="Psychological science",
year="2023",
author="Snyder, Jason S. and Henry, P. J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Regional explicit and implicit bias are associated with real-world discrimination and marginalization. We extended this research area by focusing on sexual minorities and where same-gender couples live. Using data on 2,939 U.S. counties from Project Implicit and other publicly available sources, we found that measures with known associations with systemic anti-lesbian, gay, and bisexual (anti-LGB) bias are similarly associated with regional implicit and explicit anti-LGB bias. Furthermore, we found that fewer same-gender couples reside in counties with more explicit and implicit anti-LGB bias, above and beyond other factors that likely influence same-gender-couple residency. These findings further suggest that explicit and implicit measures of regional bias are capturing similar, if not the same, construct of a region's culture of bias toward particular groups. Couched specifically within the ongoing systemic political antagonization of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus (LGBTQ+) community, these findings also highlight the importance of considering contextual (in addition to individual) factors that reinforce systemic inequality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0956-7976",
doi="10.1177/09567976231173903",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09567976231173903"
}