On this episode of the E4E podcast, we catch up with Dr. Eric K. Layland, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. Eric works in LGBTQ+ developmental research, bridging his research to community impact through developmentally-informed, affirmative interventions. Eric’s specific research areas of interest include LGBTQ+ within-group differences in mental health and unhealthy substance use, the impact of stigma on LGBTQ+ development, strengths-based approaches to LGBTQ+ health, and LGBTQ+ affirmative interventions. Eric will be discussing some of his research in multidimensional stigma amongst sexual minority men of color, as well as the impact of intersecting sources of stigma in the sexual and gender minority community.

Episode Based on:

• Layland EK, Maggs JL, Kipke MD, Bray BC. Intersecting racism and homonegativism among sexual minority men of color: Latent class analysis of multidimensional stigma with subgroup differences in health and sociostructural burdens. Soc Sci Med. 2022 Jan;293:114602. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114602. Epub 2021 Nov 25. PMID: 34933242; PMCID: PMC9020748.
• Layland, E. K., Carter, J. A., Perry, N. S., Cienfuegos-Szalay, J., Nelson, K. M., Peasant-Bonner, C., & Rendina, H. J. (2020). A systematic review of stigma in sexual and gender minority health interventions. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 10(5), 1200-1210. DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibz200

More Information section:

Projects the Guest is working on:

1. The Queer Joy Project (survey at tinyurl.com/QueerJoyUS)
2. LGBTQ+ Socialization Project (udel.edu/0010814)
3. Policy impacting LGBTQ health and development: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01818-2

Eric’s Faculty Page: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/faculty-bio/eric-layland/

Eric’s CV: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/LAYLAND-CV-August-2022.pdf

Eric’s Twitter: @eric_layland

Eric’s Email: layland@udel.edu