Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 71, No. 3, 2015, pp. 554--575 doi: 10.1111/josi.12128 When “a Group in Itself” becomes “a Group for Itself”: Overcoming Inhibitory Effects of Superordinate Categorization on LGBTQ Individuals Paulina G´ orska ∗ and Michal Bilewicz University of Warsaw Specific social categories differently affect the motivation to resist the disad- vantage among the members of low-status groups. While subgroup identity in- stigates collective action, common identity inhibits support for societal change. We propose that individuals who construe their disadvantage in terms of group relative deprivation (GRD) rather than individual relative deprivation are less prone to the demobilizing force of common identity salience. The moderating role of GRD in responding to superordinate category (i.e., “Poles”) was demon- strated in two studies conducted in the Polish LGBTQ community. In Study 1 (N = 125), GRD moderated the effect that common identity (relative to sub- group identity) exerted on in-group pride, which translated into support for social change. Study 2 (N = 165) confirmed GRD as the moderator of common identity influence. Both studies showed that LGBTQs who exhibited low but not high level of GRD were susceptible to the quieting effect of superordinate category. Recent developments in social psychology suggest that ostensibly well- intended prejudice reduction interventions can impede social change by under- mining motivation to challenge the status quo among the members of subordinated groups (de Lemus & Stroebe, 2015; Dixon, Levine, Reicher, & Durrheim, 2012; Wright & Lubensky, 2009). While this effect was established primarily with re- gard to intergroup contact (e.g., Cakal, Hewstone, Schw¨ ar, & Heath, 2011; Saguy, ∗ Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Paulina G´ orska, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, ul. Stawki 5/7, 00–183 Warszawa, Poland. Tel: +48225549741 [e-mail: paulina.gorska@psych.uw.edu.pl]. Preparation of the manuscript was supported from 2013/11/N/HS6/01187 Preludium grant awarded by the National Science Centre, Poland to the first author and IP2014 002273 Iuventus Plus grant awarded to the second author.We are grateful to Katherine Stroebe and three anonymous reviewers for very helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper. 554 C  2015 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues