Frontiers | “It's Jt More Acceptable To Be Whe or Mixed Race and Gay Than Black and Gay”: The Perceptns and Experienc of Homophobia St. Lucia

Contents:

• DERMATOLOGIC CARE FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PERSONS. PART II. EPIMLOGY, SCREENG, AND DISEASE PREVENTN
• DERMATOLOGIC CARE FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PERSONS. PART I. TERMOLOGY, DEMOGRAPHICS, HEALTH DISPARI AND APPROACH TO CARE
• “IT'S JT MORE ACCEPTABLE TO BE WHE OR MIXED RACE AND GAY THAN BLACK AND GAY”: THE PERCEPTNS AND EXPERIENC OF HOMOPHOBIA ST. LUCIA

DERMATOLOGIC CARE FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PERSONS. PART II. EPIMLOGY, SCREENG, AND DISEASE PREVENTN

Dermatologists utned lleagu to be aware of special hazards facg the LGBTQ muny: A higher risk of sk ncer among gay men, possibly bee of excs ultravlet exposure, and ae transgenr people, who are pecially vulnerable to ae bee of hormone inti of sexual mori “have a signifint fluence on many facets of health, ” rmatologist Matthew Mansh, MD, of the Universy of Mnota, Mneapolis, said a prentatn at the Amerin Amy of Dermatology Virtual Meetg regard to sk ncer, he said, “there seems to be nsistently higher rat of sk ncer and certa preventable risk behavrs like door tanng among sexual mory men. The vtigators found that gay and bisexual men had a higher lifetime prevalence of sk ncer pared wh heterosexual men (adjted odds rat [aOR], 1.

04; for gay and bisexual men, rpectively) pared wh heterosexual women, risk among bisexual women was lower (aOR, 0. ”Sexual mory men were also signifintly more likely to report havg sk ncer, pared wh heterosexual the study, sexual mory women had about half the odds of engagg door tanng pared wh heterosexual women, and were ls likely to report havg been diagnosed wh nonmelanoma sk ncer, he studi suggt that gay and bisexual men live neighborhoods wh more door tanng salons and that they may spend more time the sun outsi too, he said. Fortunately, today's bety dtry is startg to tch up to the needs of diverse populatns, cludg members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng, and others (LGBTQ+) muny.

DERMATOLOGIC CARE FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PERSONS. PART I. TERMOLOGY, DEMOGRAPHICS, HEALTH DISPARI AND APPROACH TO CARE

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“IT'S JT MORE ACCEPTABLE TO BE WHE OR MIXED RACE AND GAY THAN BLACK AND GAY”: THE PERCEPTNS AND EXPERIENC OF HOMOPHOBIA ST. LUCIA

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