ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2026
Intraminority Body Stigma and Body Dissatisfaction Clarify the Prospective Link Between LGBTQ+ Community Involvement and Thinness-Oriented Disordered Eating in Sexual Minoritized Men.
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- Greater Intraminority Stressors Predict Body Dissatisfaction, Cognitive Restraint, and More Muscle Building One Month Later in Sexual Minoritized Men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Differences in eating and body image disturbances and sociocultural stressors in sexual minoritized men by sexual self-labels.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Associations between sexual minority and intraminority stressors and thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances in sexual minoritized men: Variable-centered, person-centered, and network analyses.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- An Intersectional Analysis of Intraminority Stigma Experiences and Community Involvement Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Gay Men.Journal of homosexuality · 2026Article
- Differences in Eating and Body Image Disturbances and Sociocultural Stressors in Sexual Minoritized Men by Sexual Self-Labels Submit toResearch square · 2026Article
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objectivesLGBTQ+ community involvement is typically considered protective for sexual minoritized men (SMM). However, LGBTQ+ community involvement may expose SMM to body-image specific pressures (i.e., intraminority body stigma) that may reinforce idealized body ideals and disordered eating in SMM. We examined intraminority body stigma and body dissatisfaction as mediators of the longitudinal association between LGBTQ+ community involvement and disordered eating in SMM.
methodsTwo-hundred and twenty-five cisgender SMM between (18 and 30 years) were recruited via Prolific. Participants completed surveys at baseline and 3- and 6-month follow-ups. Prospective serial mediation models examined 3-month intraminority body stigma and body dissatisfaction as mechanisms of the links between baseline LGBTQ+ community involvement and six-month disordered eating.
resultsGreater baseline LGBTQ+ community involvement predicted increased three-month intraminority body stigma, which was associated with greater 3-month thinness-oriented body dissatisfaction, which, in turn, predicted increased 6-month thinness-oriented disordered eating. Simple significant mediation pathways indicated that greater baseline LGBTQ+ community involvement predicted increased three-month intraminority body stigma, which, in turn, predicted increased 6-month thinness-oriented disordered eating in SMM. Prospective models did not describe significant mediation pathways in relation to muscularity-oriented disordered eating. Thinness and muscularity models suggested that, after accounting for covariates and serial mediators, baseline LGBTQ+ community involvement predicted less disordered eating six months later. DISCUSSION: Intraminority body stigma may be a key mechanism clarifying the link between LGBTQ+ community involvement and thinness-oriented disordered eating in SMM. Future research should further contextualize body image and eating concerns among LGBTQ+ individuals in the service of reducing eating disorder disparities affecting this community.
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