Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health | CDC

Contents:

• 2019 NATNAL SURVEY ON DG USE AND HEALTH: LBIAN, GAY, & BISEXUAL (LGB) ADULTS
• SUBSTANCE ABE FACTORS AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUTNG (LGBTQ) INDIVIDUALS
• PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BI HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE E PROBLEMS, SURVEY FDS
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
• WHY THE GAY AND TRANSGENR POPULATN EXPERIENC HIGHER RAT OF SUBSTANCE USE
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+)

2019 NATNAL SURVEY ON DG USE AND HEALTH: LBIAN, GAY, & BISEXUAL (LGB) ADULTS

7 Some mon SUD treatment modali have been shown to be effective for gay or bisexual men, cludg motivatnal terviewg, social support therapy, ntgency management, and gnive-behavral therapy (CBT). Addictn treatment programs offerg specialized groups for gay and bisexual men showed better out for those clients pared to gay and bisexual men non-specialized programs; but one study, only 7. 11 Current rearch suggts that treatment should addrs unique factors the patients' liv that may clu homophobia/transphobia, fay problems, vlence, and social isolatn.

For example, gay and bisexual men and lbian and bisexual women report greater odds of equent mental distrs and prsn than their heterosexual unterparts. HIV fectn is particularly prevalent among gay and bisexual men (men who have sex wh men, or MSM) and transgenr women who have sex wh men.

SUBSTANCE ABE FACTORS AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUTNG (LGBTQ) INDIVIDUALS

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PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BI HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE E PROBLEMS, SURVEY FDS

View the sub-populatn slis on Lbian, Gay, & Bisexual (LGB) Adults based on the graphics, tabl, and figur om the 2019 NSDUH Annual Report. Sce the late 1970s, when substance abe rearch first began to clu lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) subjects study fdgs, scientists have reported signifintly higher overall rat of substance e and substance e disorrs among sexual mori as pared to their heterosexual unterparts.

2, 6 The elevated e of methamphetame is particularly troublg, as has been lked to creased risk of HIV transmissn, pecially among gay and bisexual men. 6 On average, gay men who have been diagnosed wh a substance e disorr report signifintly later ag of first e for all substanc as pared to heterosexual men, particularly for first e of e and methamphetame; however, no signifint differenc age of first e have been intified for women or bisexual men wh substance e disorrs.

7 As wh gay and bisexual men, transgenr women (those who endorse a male-to-female transgenr stat) also report signifintly higher-than-average rat of methamphetame abe—a 2014 study found that transgenr women San Francis were more than6 tim as likely to seek treatment for methamphetame e as pared to cisgenr women. A 2013 terview study of gay and lbian alumni om var treatment programs intified three major them for ial service provisn: (1) A separate un or facily welg to sexual mori and LGBTQ alli; (2) Safe and supportive treatment i, cludg LGBTQ and/or affirmg staff; and (3) Specialized treatment modali for different substanc and/or addictns.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH

Dpe creasg acceptance of the LGBTQ+ muny, at least some circl, adults who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual are more likely than those who intify as straight to have ser thoughts of suici and mental health ndns cludg major prsive episos, and they are more likely to mise substanc like alhol or dgs, acrdg to a new US ernment report. And about a third of all bisexual people and gay mal said they had a problem wh a substance e disorr the year before they filled out the survey, the report found.

However, gay, bi and straight men seemed to have siar substance e patterns: There was no difference smokg between straight and gay mal, for example, and the rate of bge and heavy drkg the month before they took the survey was the same among gay, bi and straight men.

WHY THE GAY AND TRANSGENR POPULATN EXPERIENC HIGHER RAT OF SUBSTANCE USE

“LGBT dividuals experience addnal strs as a rult of discrimatn and stigma, stigma both at the societal level but also the way that livg a society that privileg heterosexualy that has homophobic laws and polici to sort of teach LGB people even to view themselv as ferr, ” Kidd said.

Bisexuals may face more challeng bee they may be experiencg mory strs a way that is different om people who intify as gay or lbian, he said. “For stance, you n image beg environments that might be validatg of people who have gay and lbian inti but might eher not regnize bisexual inty – so they are sort of visible that space – or might be really validatg of dividuals wh bisexual inty, even while the environment is affirmg or at least a ltle more ntral to folks who are gay or lbian, ” Kidd said.

Natnal prevalence data on substance e among lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) high school stunts dite that LGB stunts e substanc at signifintly higher rat than their straight peers (Jon et al., 2020).

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+)

Usg data om The Trevor Project’s 2021 Natnal Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, this brief exam the relatnship between lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer or qutng (LGBTQ) youths’ substance e and their risk of suici. We n also see a nsirable polil divi, as gay marriage support statistics emphasize that 75% of Democrats support the marriag, pared to only 44% of Republins. Consequently, gay marriage statistics revealed 61% of same-sex upl already livg together got married as of 2017, pared to only 38% before the lg.