Visibility Management: Identity, Privacy, Disclosure, and Safety
Visibility management is the process of controlling how visible an identity is across different settings through disclosure, concealment, privacy, presentation, and selective openness.
Passing Privilege: Perception, Safety, and LGBTQ+ Identity
Passing privilege is the social advantage someone may receive when others perceive them as belonging to a dominant group, such as cisgender or heterosexual.
Family Rejection: LGBTQ+ Identity, Minority Stress, and Support
Family rejection is the withdrawal of acceptance, support, or belonging because of a person’s identity, relationships, or self-expression, including LGBTQ+ identities.
Family Affirmation: LGBTQ+ Support, Acceptance, and Belonging
Family affirmation means actively supporting and respecting a person’s identity, relationships, privacy, and self-expression through acceptance, care, and inclusive behavior.
Identity Concealment: Privacy, Minority Stress, and LGBTQ+ Identity
Identity concealment is the act of hiding or limiting disclosure of a personal identity, often to protect privacy or reduce risks of stigma, rejection, or discrimination.
Identity Disclosure: Privacy, Coming Out, and Personal Choice
Identity disclosure is the act of sharing personal identity information, such as sexual orientation or gender identity, with others while balancing privacy, safety, and personal choice.
Internalized Acephobia: Stigma, Self-Doubt, and Ace Acceptance
Internalized acephobia occurs when asexual or ace-spectrum people absorb negative beliefs about asexuality and apply those stereotypes or judgments to themselves.
Internalized Biphobia: Stigma, Erasure, and Bisexual Self-Acceptance
Internalized biphobia occurs when bisexual or bi+ people absorb negative beliefs about bisexuality and apply those stereotypes or judgments to themselves or others.
Internalized Homophobia: Stigma, Shame, and Sexual Self-Acceptance
Internalized homophobia occurs when sexual-minority people absorb negative beliefs about same-sex attraction and apply those beliefs to themselves or others.
Internalized Transphobia: Stigma, Shame, and Gender Self-Acceptance
Internalized transphobia occurs when transgender or gender-diverse people absorb negative anti-trans beliefs and apply them to themselves or other trans people.