Sexual and Gender Minorities More Likely to Experience Life ...

About 58 percent of sexual minority women reported that they experienced at least one of these risk factors compared to about 37 percent of ...

Study links variation in sexual orientation measurement to mental ...

With respect to the mental health outcomes, SMs and undetected SMs were more likely to report a depression diagnosis than heterosexual ...

Sexual and Gender Minorities More Likely to Have Adverse Brain ...

"Many underrepresented sexual and gender minority groups face adverse social determinants of health, such as economic insecurity, discrimination ...

Sexual and gender minorities more likely to experience life ...

A study found that sexual and gender minority adults were more likely to report multiple social risk factors than heterosexual and cisgender adults.

Minority stress factors as mediators of sexual orientation disparities ...

Earlier studies have found that sexual minorities are between 1.4 and 4 times more likely to have a lifetime history of mental disorder when compared with ...

Improving the health and well-being of sexual and gender minority ...

Findings showed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual older adults, compared to heterosexual adults of similar age, were more likely to report poor ...

Physical and Mental Health Disparities at the Intersection of Sexual ...

Pairwise comparisons further show that people who are both gender and sexual minorities are also more likely than cisgender sexual minorities to ...

Psychosocial characteristics and quality of life among sexual and ...

However, there was a statistically significant difference in Mental Component Summary–12. Specifically, self-identified sexual and gender minority patients ...

LGBTQ+ People Have Higher Risk of Depression and Dementia as ...

Overall, those in sexual and gender minorities were 15 percent more likely to experience brain-related issues, such as dementia, stroke, or late ...

Minority stress theory: Application, critique, and continued relevance

Studies have shown that young sexual minority people experience as much or more minority stressors as did their older peers and suffer related mental health ...

Marginalization and loneliness among sexual minorities

LGBTQ people are more likely to experience loneliness compared to their heterosexual peers, as shown in studies from Canada, the US, the UK, ...

LGBTQ+ Communities and Mental Health

LGBTQ+ teens are six times more likely to experience symptoms of depression than non-LGBTQ+ identifying teens. ... sexual orientation or gender identity as the ...

A life course perspective on sexual minorities: Implications for the ...

On one hand, sexual minorities are “coming out” at earlier ages, and decreases in the stigmatization of homosexuality have likely led young ...

Do ask, do tell: improving health outcomes for sexual and gender ...

Sexual and gender minority individuals may be more likely to identify a chosen family member as opposed to a biological family member, and ...

LGBT Adults' Experiences with Discrimination and Health Care ...

Across demographics including gender, income, and age, LGBT adults are consistently more likely than non-LGBT adults to report experiencing at ...

Sexual and Gender Minority Populations | Fact Sheet - ABCT

On average, sexual and gender minorities are at increased risk for depression, anxiety, suicidality, and substance use problems. Of note, bisexual individuals ...

Discrimination and Barriers to Well-Being: The State of the LGBTQI+ ...

Introduction and summary ... LGBTQI+ people and other “sexual and gender diverse”1 people experience structural and interpersonal discrimination ...

Black & LGBTQ+: At the intersection of race, sexual orientation ...

... more by the rate among Black men, that black LGBT men are more likely to be living alone than Black non-LGBT men. In terms of relationship status here, we see ...

Homelessness Among LGBT Adults in the US - Williams Institute

Sexual minority adults are twice as likely as the general population to have experienced homelessness in their lifetime.

Experience of and factors associated with violence against sexual ...

Systematic reviews have demonstrated that sexual and gender minorities are more likely ... Table 3 Experience of violence in lifetime and ...