Current Work

Research in motion.

Current Research Foci

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Gender Euphoria & Affirming Care

Exploring how access to affirming and culturally responsive care creates pathways to gender euphoria, well-being, and health equity for Black transgender and gender-expansive people.

02

Joy & Thriving

Exploring the individual, interpersonal, and community conditions that foster joy, thriving, and collective well-being in Black LGBTQ+ communities.

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Addressing Systems of Harm

Investigating and disrupting the structural and social systems that produce health inequities while advancing pathways toward health justice.

Publications

Selected scholarship

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(Re)claiming Gender Euphoria

Lockett, G. M., Abreu, R. L., Sostre, J. P., Klein, K. G., Aristilde, L., Trac, O., & Galupo, M. P. (2025). (Re)claiming gender euphoria: The Wisdom Authenticity Vision Empowerment (WAVE) model for gathering moments of gender euphoria among Black and Afro-diasporic, transgender, nonbinary, gender diverse adults. Journal of Counseling Psychology.

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Coming Home to Black Feminist Qualitative Methodology

Lockett, G. M., Klein, K. G., Mejia, J., Sostre, J. P., & Abreu, R. L. (2024). Coming home to Black feminist qualitative methodology: A reflexive perspective. Qualitative Psychology, 12(2), 215–233. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000323

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To Feel Supported in Your Community Is to Feel Loved

Lockett, G. M., Klein, K. G., Mike, J., Sostre, J. P., & Abreu, R. L. (2023). “To feel supported in your community is to feel loved”: Cultivating community and support for Black transmasculine people navigating anti-Black racism, transphobia, and the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Transgender Health, 24(3), 263–280. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2023.2204084

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I Want to Go to a Place That’s Openly Talking About the Experiences of People of Color Who Also Identify as LGBTQ+

Lockett, G. M., Brooks, J. E., Abreu, R. L., & Sostre, J. P. (2022). “I want to go to a place that’s openly talking about the experiences of people of color who also identify as LGBTQ+”: Cultural, religious, and spiritual experiences of LGBTQ people of color. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 10(3), 261–270. https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000288

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Community Initiatives

The SOUL Project

The SOUL Project is our community-building initiative dedicated to fostering meaningful partnerships with Black LGBTQ+ organizations and supporting community-driven efforts rooted in equity, care, and liberation.

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