LGBTIQ+ health refers to the physil, mental, and emotnal well-beg of people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex or queer (LGBTIQ+). The pl sign reprents the vast diversy of people terms of sexual orientatn, genr inty, exprsn and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). The LGBTIQ+ acronym is dynamic and n vary pendg on the regn or untry, highlightg the multu of LGBTIQ+ muni across cultur. While regnizg the diversy of LGBTIQ+ people, evince suggts some mon experienc affectg their health and well-beg. They are ls likely to accs health servic and engage wh healthre workers due to stigma and discrimatn, rultg adverse physil and mental health out. They n also experience human rights vlatns cludg vlence, torture, crimalizatn, voluntary medil procr and discrimatn. In addn, they n face nial of re, discrimatory attus and appropriate pathologizg healthre settgs based on their SOGIESC. WHO's support to untri is found on the fundamental human rights prciple that all persons should have accs to health servic whout discrimatn. The adoptn of the 2030 Agenda for Staable Development and s pledge to “leave no one behd”, based on the normative amework of ternatnal human rights law, has rerced the need to unrstand and improve the health and well-beg of LGBTIQ+ people. WHO velops guil, provis technil support and nducts rearch to help untri velop and strengthen clive health systems and polici for the health and well-beg of all people, regardls of SOGIESC.
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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
The Substance Abe and Mental Health Servic Admistratn (SAMHSA) today released a new data report Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavral Health: Rults om the 2021 and 2022 Natnal Surveys on Dg Use and Health (PDF | 2.1 MB), ditg that lbian, gay, and bisexual adults are more likely than straight adults to e substanc, experience mental health ndns cludg major prsive episos, and experience ser thoughts of suici. * lgbt and mental health *
5 percent intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr.
Y. A natnal poll asked lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng people age 13 to 24. * lgbt and mental health *
Evince suggts that implic preferenc for heterosexual people vers lbian and gay people are pervasive among heterosexual health re provirs.
“What Do Gay Mean?
Bullyg Schools: Harassment Puts Gay Youth At Risk.
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Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN): natnal work of tors, stunts, and lol chapters workg to give stunts a safe, supportive, and LGBTQ+ clive tn.
Highlights of the specific mental health needs among gay and bisexual men. * lgbt and mental health *
Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN). Journal of Homosexualy, 65(2), 135-153.
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr health. Health and accs to re and verage for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals the U. Health re provirs’ implic and explic attus toward lbian women and gay men.
Acrdg to the Substance Abe and Mental Health Servic Admistratn, lbian, gay, bisexual and trans adults are more than twice as likely to experience mental health ndns as their heterosexual and cisgenr unterparts.