Healthy People 2030 clus objectiv foced on llectg data on lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) health issu and improvg the health of LGBT adolcents particular. Learn more about LGBT health.
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ADDRSG HEALTH CARE DISPARI THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR POPULATN: A REVIEW OF BT PRACTIC
People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) are members of every muny. In the Uned Stat, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) are most affected by the human immunoficiency vis (HIV). Adolcent and adult gay and bisexual men ma up 68% of new HIV diagnos the Uned Stat 2018.
Gay and bisexual men are also at a higher risk for other STIs than others. Gay, bisexual, and MSM are 20 tim more likely than heterosexual men to velop anal ncer. 5% of lbian, gay, and bisexual adults smoked.
Rearch has found that people who intify as lbian or gay are more than twice as likely as people who intify as heterosexual to abe alhol or tobac. The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), which helps diagnose mental health ndns, listed "homosexualy" as a disorr until 1973.