A discussion about of how discrimination creates additional and frequent stress for minority groups, and how stigma and prejudice from family and friends affects LGBTQ. Interview with Ilan H. Meyer, Ph.D., Williams Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law. Through a number of frequently cited papers, Dr. Meyer has developed a model of minority stress for examining the factors that can cause health disparities between LGBTQ people and straight, cisgender people. Produced by Sprouts.