Abstract
Cognitive restructuring is necessary regarding the beliefs about the people and the issues deemed worthy of attention when learning about or researching people of African descent. To date in psychology, as well as in Black Studies curriculums, those who are sexual minorities of African descent have been insufficiently included in the academic literature, and in universities’ course content. In conjunction with the recommendations of scholars who advocate for the advancement of indigenous psychologies and liberation psychology, the inclusion of LGBT people of African descent as a formalized cultural study in liberation psychology is overdue.
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Lewis, M.K., Marshall, I. (2012). Education, Research, and Community Services. In: LGBT Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0565-8_10
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