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GAY AND LBIANS WHO HAVE LOST PARTNERS
Penelope was openly gay but expected nothg more than iendship om Lucy, who was recently widowed and had a son. Penelope suffers a loss and then unexpected homophobia.
LGBTQ refers to people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and/or queer or qutng. Some provirs show explic and implic bias agast gay men and lbian women, acrdg to one study.
2 Source: Health Care Provirs’ Implic and Explic Attus Toward Lbian Women and Gay Men. The bereavement experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual and/or trans* people who have lost a partner: A systematic review, thematic synthis and mollg of the lerature. Suici is the send leadg e of ath for youth ag 10 – 20; however, youth who intify as lbian, gay or bi-sexual are five tim as likely to attempt suici than their heterosexual peers.