At a time when lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals are an creasgly open, acknowledged, and visible part of society, clicians and rearchers are faced wh plete rmatn about the health stat of this muny. Although a most body of knowledge on LGBT health has been veloped over the last two s, much remas to be explored. What is currently known about LGBT health? Where do gaps the rearch this area exist? What are the prri for a rearch agenda to addrs the gaps? This report aims to answer the qutns.
Contents:
- INTRODUCTN TO LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) HISTORY THE UNED STAT
- SPECIAL ISSUE INTRODUCTN: NEW REARCH ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR YOUTH: STUDYG LIV CONTEXT
- LGBTQ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR QUTNG) STUDI *
INTRODUCTN TO LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) HISTORY THE UNED STAT
* lgbt research paper introduction *
At a time when lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals are an creasgly open, acknowledged, and visible part of society, clicians and rearchers are faced wh plete rmatn about the health stat of this muny.
This report aims to answer the LGBT COMMUNITYThe phrase “lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny” (or “LGBT muny”) refers to a broad aln of groups that are diverse wh rpect to genr, sexual orientatn, race/ethnicy, and socenomic stat.
SPECIAL ISSUE INTRODUCTN: NEW REARCH ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR YOUTH: STUDYG LIV CONTEXT
)Lbians, gay men, and bisexual men and women are fed acrdg to their sexual orientatn, which, as discsed Chapter 2, is typilly nceptualized terms of sexual attractn, behavr, inty, or some batn of the dimensns. Yet this groupg of “nonheterosexuals” clus men and women; homosexual and bisexual dividuals; people who label themselv as gay, lbian, or bisexual, among other terms; and people who do not adopt such labels but neverthels experience same-sex attractn or engage same-sex sexual behavr. As explaed throughout the report, the differenc have important health implitns for each ntrast to lbians, gay men, and bisexual men and women, transgenr people are fed acrdg to their genr inty and prentatn.
LGBTQ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR QUTNG) STUDI *
Whereas “LGBT” is appropriate and eful for scribg the bed populatns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people, also n obscure the many differenc that distguish the sexual- and genr-mory groups. Further, to the extent that lbian, gay, and bisexual are unrstood as inty labels, “LGB” leav out people whose experience clus same-sex attractns or behavrs but who do not adopt a nonheterosexual inty.