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Contents:
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS & QUEER INTIFIED PEOPLE AND MENTAL HEALTH
- MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENG OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE: AN TEGRATED LERATURE REVIEW
- STRONG MUNY BELONGG MORAT POOR MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL DIVIDUALS LIVG CANADA: AN TERSECTNAL ANALYSIS OF A NATNAL POPULATN-BASED SURVEY
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS & QUEER INTIFIED PEOPLE AND MENTAL HEALTH
Usg data for the populatn aged 15 and olr om the 2015 Canadian Communy Health Survey (CCHS), this study prents prevalence timat of sexual mory populatns and dispari plete mental health between gay, lbian and bisexual dividuals, and their heterosexual unterparts. Complete mental health is fed as beg flourishg mental health batn wh the absence of a mood or anxiety disorr diagnosis and absence of suici iatn the prev 12 months. * lgbt mental health canada *
Based Halifax, Nova Stia, the Lbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project aims to liver programs and create rourc to crease unrstandg of the unique mental health challeng, and specific anti-Black barriers for Black LGBTQI+ youth. The Lbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project (The Youth Project) provis support, tn, rource expansn and muny velopment to make Nova Stia a safer, healthier and happier place for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth.
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENG OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE: AN TEGRATED LERATURE REVIEW
Lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) dividuals report worse mental health than heterosexuals; however, this dispary may vary across tersectg social loc * lgbt mental health canada *
Although lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer intified (LGBTQ) people are as diverse as the general Canadian populatn their experienc of mental health and well-beg, they face higher risks for some mental health issu due to the effects of discrimatn and the social termants of health. For example, LGBTQ people may experience other forms of margalizatn – such as racism, sexism, poverty or other factors – alongsi homophobia or transphobia that negatively impact on mental health. Lbian, gay and bisexual dividuals are more likely to experience prsn, anxiety, suicidaly and substance abe than their heterosexual 1Note 2Note 3Note 4Note 5Note 6Note 7Note 8Note 9Note 10Note 11Note 12 Social strs experienced sexual mory populatns, such as stigma, prejudice and discrimatn, addn to ternalized feelgs of negativy and expectatns of rejectn, are thought to be part of the explanatn for the differenc risk for mental 1.
STRONG MUNY BELONGG MORAT POOR MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL DIVIDUALS LIVG CANADA: AN TERSECTNAL ANALYSIS OF A NATNAL POPULATN-BASED SURVEY
* lgbt mental health canada *
Sexual orientatn rearch has been asssed on the basis of sexual behavur, sexual attractn, or self-inty—each of the three ncepts yieldg slightly different prevalence 20Note 21Note 22Note 23 Inty refers to dividuals’ social inty, such as whether they nsir themselv to be heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual.
Sexual orientatn was asssed by askg rponnts aged 15 and olr whether they nsired themselv to be heterosexual (sexual relatns wh people of the oppose sex), homosexual, that is, lbian or gay (sexual relatns wh people of your own sex), or bisexual (sexual relatns wh people of both sex). Bisexual women were more likely to have self-intified as Indigeno than their heterosexual unterparts, but the small sample did not allow for examg differenc Indigeno inty between gay and bisexual men and lbians, and heterosexuals.