Comg out and active sharg by lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people about their experienc n rce others' prejudice agast LGBT people, acrdg to psychologil rearch.
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PREJUDICE, SOCIAL STRS, AND MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL POPULATNS: CONCEPTUAL ISSU AND REARCH EVINCE
This nonprof anizatn attempts to “uplift, empower, and nnect lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer youth around the globe” by tg about the negative effects of bullyg and harassment and workg to unter s negative effects on the self-teem, providg role mols and more recently muny based service provirs for LGBTQ youth. For example, a 2017 survey nducted by the Center for Amerin Progrs (Mirza & Rooney, 2018), 8% of gay, lbian, and bisexual rponnts reported beg nied service by a doctor or healthre provir; 7% reported that doctors had refed to regnize their same-sex partner or child; 9% reported that provirs had ed abive language; and 7% experienced unwanted physil ntact by a doctor or healthre provir.
For example, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn removed homosexualy om the list of mental illns documented the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistil Manual) 1973 (Bayer, 1981), the Amerin Psychologil Associatn has taken a LGBTQ-affirmative stance sce 1975 (), and the Amerin Amy of Pediatricians published a statement 2013, sayg that LGB adolcents need healthre that is “teen-iendly and welg to sexual mory youth” (Commtee on Adolcence, 2013).