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Response to Commentaries: Toward a Unifying Framework for Understanding and Improving Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health

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  1. Although my Target Article specifically focused on sexual minority mental health, here I refer to sexual and gender minority (SGM) mental health because several of the commentaries on my Target Article broadly referenced these populations. My Target Article specifically focused on sexual minorities because of the lack of research on RS among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals. Wells et al. (2019) acknowledged that the RS model may be relevant to TGD individuals’ mental health, but they also raised concerns about extending it without considering their unique experiences. As such, while I generally refer to SGM mental health in this article, readers should be cautious about extending findings from research on sexual orientation-related RS to the experiences of TGD individuals.

  2. In my Target Article, the citations provided for the description and randomized controlled trial of ESTEEM (Pachankis, Hatzenbuehler, & Starks, 2014; Pachankis et al., 2015b) were incorrect. The correct citations are Pachankis (2014) and Pachankis, Hatzenbuehler, Rendina, Safren, and Parsons (2015a).

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Brian Feinstein’s time was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (K08DA045575). The content is solely the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies.

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Feinstein, B.A. Response to Commentaries: Toward a Unifying Framework for Understanding and Improving Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health. Arch Sex Behav 49, 2295–2300 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01826-4

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