Publications

Abreu, R. L., Costa, R., Vazquez, T., & Barrita, A. (2025). LGBTQ+ young adults and perceived election safety amidst the 2024 election: Caregiver acceptance and mental health outcomes. LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/27703371.2025.2515885

Neihus, A., Toomey, R. B., & Brochin, C. (2025). The rights of trans and queer learners in K-12 classrooms. Theory into Practice, 64(1), 60-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2024.2389016

Zhao, Z., Toomey, R. B., & Anhalt, K. (2024). Sexual orientation-based victimization and internalized homonegativity among Latinx sexual minority youth: Exploring the moderating effects of social support and school level. Journal of Homosexuality, 71, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2095686

McGeorge, C. R., Toomey, R. B., & Walsdorf, A. A. (2025). An evaluation of a multi-level LGBTQ bystander intervention for college athletics: A pilot study. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 18(1), 402-425. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/jiia/vol18/iss1/21

Abreu, R. L., Gattamorta, K. A., Roman Laporte, R. L., Gonzalez, K. A., Toomey, R. B., & Domenech Rodríguez, M. M. (2025). Latinx caregivers of LGBTQ people, cultural values, and mental health outcomes. Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 39(4), 407–417. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001320

Martin-Storey, A., Abreu, R. L., Toomey, R. B., & Gattamorta, K. A. (2024, in press). Barriers to healthcare and mental health among parents of gender diverse adolescence. Transgender Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2023.0177

Goldberg, A. E., Toomey, R. B., & Abreu, R. (2024). “Don’t Say Gay”: Implications for outness and desire to move among LGBTQ parents in Florida. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 21, 1189-1205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-024-00982-9

Abreu, R. L., Martin, J. A., Hainsworth, S., Toomey, R. B., Vazquez, A. L., & Gattamorta, K. A. (2024). Radical hopes in parents of transgender and gender diverse youth in the U.S. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(6), 869-878. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/fam0001239

Vazquez, T., Costa, R., & Abreu, R. L. (2025). The role of critical consciousness and parental acceptance in LGBTQ+ youth mental health. Social Sciences, 14(5), 310. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14050310

Toomey, R. B., Trujillo, L., Abreu, R. L., Rios Garza, A., Hainsworth, S., & Zhao, Z. (2025). The potential harm of loss and grief narratives among families of transgender and nonbinary youth. Journal of counseling psychology, 72(3), 201–210. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000778

Martin, J. A., Barrita, A. M., & Abreu, R. L. (2025). Social justice awareness and action and ethnoracial identity moderates caregiver acceptance and mental health in BIPOC caregivers of LGBTQ youth: Implications for family therapy interventions. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000462

Hainsworth, S., Toomey, R. B., Abreu, R., & Zhao, Z. (2025). Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the identity of trans and gender non-binary youth. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 43, 509-524. http://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12536  

McGeorge, C. R., Toomey, R. B., & Zhao, Z. (2024). Measuring allyship: Development and validation of two measures to assess collegiate athletic department staff engagement in LGBTQ allyship and ally behaviors. Journal of Homosexuality, 71(8), 1900-1917. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2023.2217315