Dr. Adam Fingerhut - November 19, 2008 / 7:30 p.m.

Straight Privilege? Or How Does it Feel to Be a Minority?

Dr. Adam Fingerhut will talk about the toll that many large and small accommodations take on LGBT individuals and their families. Dr. Fingerhut uses a variety of research methods including experiments, surveys and daily diaries to examine the interplay between majority and minority groups. His research addresses two broad questions: 1) How are minority group members affected by their minority identity and social status; and 2) What factors affect how majority group members perceive and interact with individuals from minority social groups?

Part of the good news he has to bring us, is that this research is now mainstream. A member of the psychology department at Loyola Marymount University, a Catholic institution, Fingerhut’s research has been supported by The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy.

How are things changing? What impact has marriage equality and the fight over Proposition 8 had on the relationship between LGBT individuals and the majority of Californians? How does it feel to be a gay man teaching in a Catholic institution?  Round up your questions and come to hear Dr. Adam Fingerhut. He has important information for every LGBT person, and the people who love them. 

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