![]() In response to a dearth of cross-cultural empirical literature on this subject, the present study first explored the relationships among sense of belonging, depression symptoms, sexual identity, and gender in an Indian sample (N = 227). ![]() ![]() As such, Section 377 may serve as a source of minority stress under Meyer’s (2003) minority stress model, which posits that LGBTQ individuals, because of their minority status, are more vulnerable to and have a higher prevalence of mental illness than heterosexual individuals. An example of such discriminatory legislation is Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a law that penalizes nonheteronormative forms of sexual expression and is used to disproportionately target the LGBTQ community in India. Anti-lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer (LGBTQ) public policy has been seen to have an adverse impact on the mental health of gender and sexual minorities (Herek, 2011 Rostosky & Riggle, 2017). ![]()
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