We do not know nearly enough about ncer the LGBT muny and we need to. None of the large natnal ncer registri and surveys of ncer cince llect data about sexual orientatn or genr inty, leavg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr ncer survivors embedd and visible among the vast wealth of rmatn the surveys
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CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
* lgbt cancer statistics *
Barriers to health re largely due to stigma and discrimatn make members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and genr-nonnformg muny particularly vulnerable to ncer.
3% of participants felt fortable treatg people who intify as lbian, gay and bisexual, but only 53. None of the large natnal ncer registri and surveys of ncer cince llect data about sexual orientatn or genr inty, leavg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr ncer survivors embedd and visible among the vast wealth of rmatn the surveys provi to other groups. Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people do not.
There is aquate rearch to nfirm that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people have a unique “clter of risk factors” that would lead to have both greater ncer cince and later stage diagnosis. For example, a study of health dispari a statewi populatn of lbian, gay, and bisexual women found that lbian and bisexual women were more likely than heterosexual women to have poor physil and mental health, asthma, and diabet, to be overweight, to smoke, and to drk excs alhol. For stance, chang sexual functng – one of the most ubiquo life-alterg, adverse effects of prostate ncer treatment – impact gay and heterosexual men very differently.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
Yet too few health re provirs ask about their patients’ sexual practic or know the answers when asked about the effect of prostate ncer on gay men’s sexualy or where we n receive culturally petent support on issu of sex, timacy and our relatnships.