Benjamin Parchem

Institute for Sexual and Gender Health

This study examines differences in score profiles on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Youth Self-Report (YSR) for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth in a clinical setting. Data were collected from youth receiving services at a gender care clinic in the Midwestern United States. Inclusion criteria were youth that identify as transgend...

Objective: Participation in organized physical activity contributes to well-being and positive youth development. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) youth, across racial identities, experience barriers to organized physical activity, including discomfort with locker rooms. The current quantitative...

Objective: Families or loved ones of adolescents and young adults (AYA) with a poor cancer prognosis who preserved fertility and did not survive treatment may choose to pursue posthumous-assisted reproduction (PAR; i.e., use of preserved reproductive material for future family-building attempts). Decisions about PAR may be occurring in the context...

Objective: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily living, mental well-being, and experiences of racial discrimination among college students from communities of color. Participants: Sample comprised 193 ethnically diverse college students, aged 18 to 25 years (M = 20.5 years), who were participating in virtual internships due to the...

This article updates previous content analyses that identified a relative paucity of U.S.-based psychological research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people of color by extending the period covered to 2018. In addition to documenting how many such studies occurred and when, it considers the research questions asked, funding sourc...

Objective: Situated in Children’s National Hospital (CNH)’s Neuropsychology Division, the Gender and Autism Program (GAP) is the first clinical service dedicated to the needs of autistic gender-diverse/transgender youth. This study describes GAP clinical assessment profiles and presents a multi-perspective programmatic review of GAP evaluation serv...

Background: LGBTQ+ youth engage in organized physical activity to a lesser degree than their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts. Existing literature on this organized physical activity disparity is limited, particularly with LGBTQ+ youth samples. The current analysis examined individual and systemic barriers to organized physical activity for...

This study aimed to identify Top, Bottom, and Versatile sexual role identities and anal sex behavior profiles using latent class analysis in a sample of 942 sexual minority men living in Bogotá. A Versatile-insertive and receptive class (52.2%) was the most prevalent of the four resulting classes, whereas the least common was a class (1.7%) that di...

Expanding PrEP access necessitates training that supports healthcare providers’ progression along the PrEP implementation cascade, moving from PrEP awareness to prescription. We surveyed 359 USA providers about PrEP training content and format recommendations. We examined the association between cascade location and training recommendations. Most p...

Objective To compare rates of anxiety and depression among LGBTQ college students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine pandemic-related stressors and protective factors. Participants Two cohorts of LGBTQ college students, aged 18–25, sampled before (N = 3,484) and during (N = 1,647) the pandemic. Methods The Healthy Minds Study (HM...

Young Black sexual minority men (YBSMM) represent a high-priority population for HIV prevention research. HIV testing is a critical public health tool to prevent HIV transmission and is an integral component of health care for high-priority populations. The present study uses Andersen’s model of health care utilization as a framework to explore the...

Sexual role identities for anal sex and anal sex positionings are often conflated in research. This study aimed to identify profiles of sexual minority men based on sexual role identity and anal sex positioning and determine correlates of these profiles, including individual (i.e., HIV-status identity, condom use, partner type, sexual orientation)...

Colombia endured 70 years of internal conflict, but despite a peace agreement, violence continues to be significant in the post-conflict era. Violence degrades the health and well-being of affected populations and it engenders psychological distress. Little is known about the impact of violence on the mental health of sexual and gender minority pop...

Introduction Young Black sexual minority men represent a high priority population for HIV prevention research yet the existing literature is not proportional to the current health disparity observed. The challenge of engaging this intersectional population in research on a stigmatized topic likely contributes to the dearth of literature. Methods T...

In a body of research typically focused on risk reduction and disease prevention, other factors motivating the sexual behaviours of Latino sexual minority men, such as resource-based power and sexual pleasure, are less well understood. To this end, Latino immigrant sexual minority men living in New York City were surveyed about their sexual behavio...

Latent class analysis of Latino men who have sex with men, categorized by their sexual behaviors they engaged in during the most recent sexual encounter with a single male partner. Perceptions of resource-based power were explored in relation to subgroup membership while examining potential covariates.

This poster discusses analyses examining the role of perceived SES on knowledge of HIV status between Latino immigrant MSM and their sexual partners to observe potential implications of dyadic-based power dynamics.

This poster discusses analyses examining the role of perceived SES on sexual behaviors between Latino immigrant MSM and their sexual partners to observe potential implications of dyadic-based power dynamics.