US Regional Network

This study examined how ICTs facilitate integration and promote resilience among sexual and gender minority emerging adult migrants in the U.S. ICTs are helpful for providing affirmative spaces and improving self-esteem among SGM adolescents, as well as helping refugee groups integrate into host societies. This constructivist grounded theory study used online interviews to explore how ICTs shape the integration experiences and resilience of 20 SGM individuals who migrated to the U.S. as emerging adults (i.e., between the ages of 18-25).

Findings from the study suggested that scholars cannot understand migration without closely looking at how ICTs impact this process. For example, while ICTs were found to facilitate identity development and ease integration into the United States, it also exposed participants to harassment, victimization, and scams.

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