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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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
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People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) are members of every muny.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
The LGBTQIA+ muny n experience health dispari and discrimatn. Learn about gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr health issu. * lgbt health facts *
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people are more likely to experience certa health-related challeng and dispari. Transgenr people may intify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or none of the above.
Gay and lbian youth sexual risk behavrs 2015-2017, by genr.
LGBTIQ+ health refers to the physil, mental, and emotnal well-beg of people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex or queer (LGBTIQ+). The pl sign reprents the vast diversy of people terms of sexual orientatn, genr inty, exprsn and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). The LGBTIQ+ acronym is dynamic and n vary pendg on the regn or untry, highlightg the multu of LGBTIQ+ muni across cultur. While regnizg the diversy of LGBTIQ+ people, evince suggts some mon experienc affectg their health and well-beg. They are ls likely to accs health servic and engage wh healthre workers due to stigma and discrimatn, rultg adverse physil and mental health out. They n also experience human rights vlatns cludg vlence, torture, crimalizatn, voluntary medil procr and discrimatn. In addn, they n face nial of re, discrimatory attus and appropriate pathologizg healthre settgs based on their SOGIESC. WHO's support to untri is found on the fundamental human rights prciple that all persons should have accs to health servic whout discrimatn. The adoptn of the 2030 Agenda for Staable Development and s pledge to “leave no one behd”, based on the normative amework of ternatnal human rights law, has rerced the need to unrstand and improve the health and well-beg of LGBTIQ+ people. WHO velops guil, provis technil support and nducts rearch to help untri velop and strengthen clive health systems and polici for the health and well-beg of all people, regardls of SOGIESC. * lgbt health facts *
The troductory summary of the Instute of Medice's 2011 report, "The Health of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr People: Buildg a Foundatn for a Better Unrstandg, " stat:.
This webse provis rmatn on the experienc of lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth. It highlights how LGB youth: Experience vlence Need tn and mental health support Can receive support om schools Can receive support om parents The webse currently only has rmatn on LGB youth but will be updated to clu transgenr, qutng, and queer youth. * lgbt health facts *
"Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals experience unique health dispari. Furthermore, among lbians, gay men, bisexual men and women, and transgenr people, there are subpopulatns based on race, ethnicy, socenomic stat, geographic lotn, age and other factors. Remendatns for promotg the health and well-beg of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adolcents: a posn paper of the society for adolcent health and medice.