Tyler Lefevor, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology at Utah State University

Tyler Lefevor (he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Utah State University.

Lefevor’s research examines how and when religiousness is related to health among sexual and gender minorities to better inform psychotherapy and public policy. In general, his research can be grouped in three main areas: 1) examining health disparities experienced by sexual and gender minorities, particularly those from a conservative religious background, 2) understanding how sexual and gender identities intersect with religious identities to help or hinder health and how those associations change over time, and 3) translating findings to help inform therapy, policy, and ministry.

Lefevor also operates a private therapy practice and enjoys supervising beginning clinicians interested in working with sexual and gender minorities.

Works By Tyler Lefevor, Ph.D.

Concerning Gender, Sexuality, and Politics PRRI’s 2023 Gender and Politics Survey provides an important update on the current state of the opinions of American adults on pressing questions about gender and sexuality. While there were

Americans have grown accustomed to hearing about tensions between those who support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights and supporters of religious freedom. Though these two groupings may accurately represent how some voters see

Despite leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints discouraging members from supporting same-sex marriage, support is growing exponentially among Latter-day Saints. The church has formally supported several legal challenges to same-sex marriage,

Shortly after the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (CJCLDS; “Mormons”) released updated policies upholding membership penalties for the children of same-sex couples

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