Due to creased levels of stigma, discrimatn and victimizatn Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Qutng or Intersex (LGBTQI+) youth fac
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- 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
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. * 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.
)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.
SPECIAL ISSUE INTRODUCTN: NEW REARCH ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR YOUTH: STUDYG LIV CONTEXT
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. 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. And the transgenr populatn, which self enpass multiple groups, has needs and ncerns that are distct om those of lbians, bisexual women and men, and gay noted above, spe the many differenc among the populatns that make up the LGBT muny, there are important monali as well. Commonali Among LGBT PopulatnsWhat do lbians, gay men, bisexual women and men, and transgenr people have mon that mak them, as a bed populatn, an appropriate foc for this report?
LGBTQ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR QUTNG) STUDI *
Fearg discrimatn and prejudice, for example, many lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people rea om disclosg their sexual orientatn or genr inty to rearchers and health re provirs.
Differenc Wh LGBT PopulatnsNot only are lbians, gay men, bisexual women and men, and transgenr people distct populatns, but each of the groups is self a diverse populatn whose members vary wily age, race and ethnicy, geographic lotn, social background, religsy, and other mographic characteristics. Bisexual adolcents who are wrtlg wh g out a nonsupportive environment have different health needs than gay adult men who lack accs to health surance or olr lbians who are unable to fd appropriate grief unselg servic. STATEMENT OF TASK AND STUDY SCOPEIn the ntext of the issu outled above, the IOM was asked by the Natnal Instut of Health (NIH) to nvene a Commtee on Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health Issu and Rearch Gaps and Opportuni.
An IOM mtee will nduct a review and prepare a report asssg the state of the science on the health stat of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatns; intify rearch gaps and opportuni related to LGBT (more... The majory of dividuals affected by disorrs of sex velopment do not face challeng related to sexual orientatn and genr inty, although homosexualy, genr role nonnformy, and genr dysphoria (fed as disfort wh the genr assigned to one at birth [see Chapter 2]) are somewhat more prevalent among this populatn pared wh the general populatn (Cohen-Kettenis and Pfaffl, 2003). While this mol was origally veloped by Brooks (1981) for lbians, Meyer (1995) expand to clu gay men and subsequently applied to lbians, gay men, and bisexuals (Meyer, 2003b).