Development and validation of the LGBTQ+ People of ColorMicroaggressions Scale–2 (LGBTQ+ PCMS-2).

OBJECTIVES: This study introduces the LGBTQ+ People of Color Microaggressions Scale-2 (LGBTQ+ PCMS-2), a multidimensional measure of intersectional microaggressions for LGBTQ+ people of color. METHOD: = 605) to validate the items. RESULTS: Psychometric analyses showed that the LGBTQ+ PCMS-2 comprises seven subscales. Results supported this scale's structural, convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity. CONCLUSIONS: The LGBTQ+ PCMS-2 can better account for mental health problems when tested against the current leading measure of intersectional microaggressions. Three key strengths of the LGBTQ+ PCMS-2 include the following: (a) It is the only intersectional microaggressions measure currently available to include all three forms of microaggressions faced by LGBTQ+ people of color (racism, heterosexism, and cissexism), (b) it introduces three novel domains of intersectional microaggressions, and (c) it has evidence supporting its wide applicability for LGBTQ+ people of color with diverse racial/ethnic identities, sexual identities, gender identities, and ages. The additions of these features make the LGBTQ+ PCMS-2 the most comprehensive and widely applicable measure of intersectional microaggressions to date. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).