Martin Blais, Ph.D.

(He/him)

Full Professor
Department of Sexology
Université du Québec à Montréal

«Martin Blais works on issues related to sexual diversity and gender plurality, as well as marital and sexual diversity.  »
What we do
Selected publications

His research focuses on the forms of social inclusion and exclusion that affect LGBTQ+ people and influence their well-being, harmonious development, and health. Among the challenges he seeks to document are different sources of violence that people may face, such as bullying or violence in family or intimate relationships.

Research

  • Research Chair on Sexual Diversity and Gender Plurality
  • Research project: Understanding Inclusion and Exclusion of LGBTQ People (UNIE-LGBTQ)
  • Research project: Social Well-being, Empowerment and Resilience in the face of Adversity (SWERV)
  • Research project: Mapping Contemporary Love and Intimacy Ideals in Canada (MACLiC)
  • Research project: Quebec Study on the So
     

Publications

  • Morand, E., Blais, M., Côté, I., Chamberland, L., Baiocco, M., & Samoilenko, M. (2023). Disclosing one’s non-heterosexual sexual orientation at work in 2020: A survey of Quebec LGBQ workers. Journal of Homosexuality, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2160941
  • Côté, P. B., Frésard, L., & Blais, M. (2023). ‘I didn’t want to be noticed’: Discrimination and violence among LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness. Journal of LGBT Youth, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2023.2185337
  • Blais, M., Cannas Aghedu, F., Ashley, F., Samoilenko, M., Chamberland, L., & Côté, I. (2022). Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression conversion exposure and their correlates among LGBTQI2+ persons in Québec, Canada. Plos One, 17(4), e0265580. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265580
  • Blais, M., Coutu, C., Boislard, M. A., Hart, T. A., Walker, M., Parent, S., & SWERV Research Team. (2022). Family victimization among Canadian sexual and gender minority adolescents and emerging adults. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 9(1), 5–21. https://doi.org/10.54488/ijcar.2022.315
  • Blais, M., Hébert, M., Bergeron, F.-A., & Lapierre, A. (2022). Dating violence experiences among youths with same-gender and multi-gender dating partners: A dyadic concordance type approach. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(7–8), NP3981–NP4005. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520957688
  • Cannas Aghedu, F., Blais, M., Philibert, M., Côté, I. Samoilenko, M. & Chamberland, L. (2022). Social resource patterns and health outcomes among Canadian LGBTQ2+ adults: A latent class analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 314, 115476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115476
  • Lafortune, D., Blais, M., Miller, G., Dion, L., Lalonde, F., & Dargis, L. (2021). Psychological and interpersonal factors associated with sexualized drug use among men who have sex with men: A mixed-methods systematic review. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(2), 427–460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01741-8
  • Piazzesi, C., Blais, M., Lavigne, J., & Lavoie Mongrain, C. (2020). Intimités et sexualités contemporaines : changements sociaux, transformations des pratiques et des représentations. Presses de l’Université de Montréal. https://pum.umontreal.ca/catalogue/intimites_et_sexualites_contemporaines
  • Blais, M., Philibert, M., Bergeron, F., & Hébert, M. (2019). Mental health service utilization in a sexually diverse, representative sample of high school students. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 23(3), 307–325. https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2019.1611686
  • Piazzesi, C., Blais, M., Lavigne, J., Lavoie-Mongrain, C., & Renière, R. (2018). Représentations de l’intimité hétérosexuelle et transformations sociales : vers une sémantique amoureuse intégrée. Sociologie et sociétés, 50(2), 219–243. https://doi.org/10.7202/1066820ar

Affiliations

  • Research Chair on Sexual Diversity and Gender Plurality
  • Sexual and Gender Diversity Teaching and Research Network (Réseau DSPG)
  • Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS)
  • Canada Research Chair in Sexually and Gender Diverse Individuals (SGD) and their Psychoactive Substance Use Trajectories (TRADIS Chair – Trajectories, Diversity, Substances) 

CRIPCAS
Research Team

  • Jessica Caruso Professionnelle de recherche Sexologie

 

Non-CRIPCAS
Research Team

  • Fred Dion
  • Gaëlle Dumont
  • Judith Crête
  • Léa Séguin
  • Marie-Pier Boisvert
  • Raphaël Jacques
  • Reem Alameddine
  • Shinri Deschamps
  • Zoé Caravecchia-Pelletier

Grants agencies
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  • Bureau against Homophobia and Transphobia, Secrétariat à la condition féminine (used to be affiliated to the ministère de la Justice du Québec)
  • Service aux collectivités, UQAM

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Université du Québec à Montréal
Département de sexologie
455, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Montréal Quebec

E-mail
blais.martin@uqam.ca

Phone 
514 987-3000 poste 4031

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