The Social Justice Sexuality Project is one of the largest ever national surveys of Black, Latina/o, and Asian and Pacific Islander, and multiracial lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. With over 5,000 respondents, the final sample includes respondents from all 50 states; Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico; in rural and suburban areas, in addition to large urban areas; and from a variety of ages, racial/ethnic identities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
Purpose
The purpose of the SJS Project is to document and celebrate the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people of color. All too often, when we think about LGBT people of color, it’s from a perspective of pathology. In contrast, the SJS Project is designed and dedicated to describing a more dynamic experience.
Themes
It's a knowledge-based study that investigates the sociopolitical experiences of this population around five themes: racial and sexual identity; spirituality and religion; mental and physical health; family formations and dynamics; civic and community engagement.
A supplement to the survey asked an additional 600 people about their experience in the House and Ball community, their use of mobile technology, and their experiences with policing. You can download copies of both the original and the supplemental survey here.
REPORTS
These two initial reports offer some insight into the data collected on just two populations: Black LGBT people and Latina/o LGBT.
SJS Black ReportClick to download [PDF]
SJS Latina/o ReportClick to download [PDF]
Data collection on the SJS project ended (as of January, 2011). We are currently analyzing data and are gearing up our dissemination phase. We expect to have a series of peer-reviewed publications available soon. Further, we expect to have the raw, clean data (in SPSS) available for download here later in 2012. Please check back here as we continue to add information about our data and findings.
