Abstract
ABSTRACT Despite increasing social acceptance, anti-LGBTQ+ victimisation remains a major risk to the well-being of LGBTQ+ people in Canada. Research has robustly shown that anti-LGBTQ+ victimisation is associated with indicators of negative mental health. Research is needed to better understand the ways that LGBTQ+ people adaptively cope with such victimisation experiences. Addressing this need, in the current study, 30 LGBTQ+ adults (19 to 66 years of age; M = 36.87; SD = 11.42) from a large Canadian city provided narrative reconstructions of victimisation experiences. These narratives were content analysed for themes of redemption and meaning making. Somewhat surprisingly, less than half of the sample narrated their experiences with themes of redemption and meaning. When it was present, redemption and meaning manifested in diverse ways across participants. Examples of redemptive themes included achieving a sense of justice, expressing generative concern for the welfare of other people, and finding a deeper level of self-acceptance. Examples of meaning making included lessons about personal safety, new positive and negative self-understandings, and wisdom into how to deal with life. The significance of these results is discussed within the context of psychotherapy with anti-LGBTQ+ victims.
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