"Share Your Trauma… and Make It Funny": Comedy as Catharsis and Community-Building in LGBTQ+ Mental Wellbeing and Resilience.

Gifford AJ, Beck RJ, McDermott DT, Abbott K

DOI: 10.3390/bs16071059
Published: 2026 Jun 26
Container: Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
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@article{allodium:10.3390/bs16071059,
  title = {"Share Your Trauma… and Make It Funny": Comedy as Catharsis and Community-Building in LGBTQ+ Mental Wellbeing and Resilience.},
  author = {Gifford AJ and Beck RJ and McDermott DT and Abbott K},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)},
  doi = {10.3390/bs16071059},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16071059}
}

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AJ, G., RJ, B., DT, M., & K, A. (2026). "Share Your Trauma… and Make It Funny": Comedy as Catharsis and Community-Building in LGBTQ+ Mental Wellbeing and Resilience.. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland). https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16071059

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