People who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng (LGBTQ) often face social stigma, discrimatn, and other challeng not enuntered by people who intify as heterosexual. They also face a greater risk of harassment and vlence. As a rult of the and other strsors, sexual mori are at creased risk for var behavral health issu.
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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) HEALTH SERVIC THE UNED STAT: ORIGS, EVOLUTN, AND NTEMPORARY LANDSPE
In the wake of the 2019 novel ronavis (COVID-19) panmic and the psychologil nsequenc that will follow, is cril to acknowledge and unrstand the unique vulnerabili of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer or qutng (LGBTQ) populatns orr to provi equabl … * lgbt vulnerable population *
In the wake of the 2019 novel ronavis (COVID-19) panmic and the psychologil nsequenc that will follow, is cril to acknowledge and unrstand the unique vulnerabili of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer or qutng (LGBTQ) populatns orr to provi equable mental health terventn that reach the highly at-risk groups. However, like other populatns intified as at-risk or disadvantaged, the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny has faced stigma, lack of cultural petence and sensivy to their unique needs.
Further evince of discrimatn agast transgenr Amerins me about 2011 when the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force and the Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly released their report, Injtice at Every Turn: A Report of the Natnal Transgenr Discrimatn Survey. The Jot Commissn, Advancg Effective Communitn, Cultural Competence and Patient and Fay Centered Care for the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) Communy: A Field Gui (Oakbrook Terrace, Illois: The Jot Commissn, 2011). Gat, How Many People Are Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr?
Tari Hanneman, HEI 2014 Healthre Equaly Inx: Promotg Equable and Inclive Care for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Patients and Their Fai (Washgton, D. : Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly and Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, 2011).. While the challeng of intifyg and ntactg youth experiencg homelsns make difficult to tablish the exact prevalence of LGBTQ youth homelsns, is timated that lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth make up 7-9% of the general populatn (Wilson, Cooper, Kastanis, & Nezhad, 2014) but 29% of youth experiencg homelsns (Choi et al., 2015).