Heterosexism and Sexism as Correlates of Psychological Distress in Lesbians

This study examined the effects of external and internalized heterosexism and sexism on lesbians' mental health. Hierarchical regression analysis, controlling for education and income, identified recent sexual‐orientation‐based hate crime victimization, recent sexist events, internalized heterosexism, and the interaction of recent sexual‐orientation‐based hate crime victimization and recent sexist events as significant predictors of psychological distress, accounting for 31% of the variance.