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- MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENG OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE: AN TEGRATED LERATURE REVIEW
- LOOK TO THE HIV EPIMIC OF GAY COMMUNY WH A SOC-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: A QUALATIVE STUDY CHA, 2015-2016
- HIV INTERVENTN GAY COMMUNY REARCH PAPER
- GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENG OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE: AN TEGRATED LERATURE REVIEW
Background Current Che studi ntue to view male homosexualy through a disease foced lens which pays limed attentn to soc-cultural aspects of sexual behavr and HIV transmissn. This qualative study aimed to vtigate how soc-cultural factors fluence gay men’s sexual beliefs and behavrs ntemporary Cha, and their implitns for HIV epimic. Methods and Fdgs Qualative methodology was ed this study. Durg 2015–2016, -pth terviews were nducted wh 61 self intified gay men Jiangxi, Henan, Heilongjiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu provc and Chongqg municipaly of Cha. Our study revealed that: 1) fluenced by Che tradnal culture, gay men have nflicts on self-inty, which led to low self-acceptance and negative attu on sex, and huge soc-psychologil strs; 2) a generatnal differenc wh gay muny was observed, reflected varied sexual attus and practic as well as way for approachg new iends, both of which have implitns and challeng on HIV ntrol and preventn; 3) soc-cultural barriers, cludg open mds towards sual sex and nonmonogamo relatnship, and low prry of health mands were wily observed and led to negative pg wh AIDS among gay muny. Conclns It is sential to take a holistic view to gay men’s HIV epimic Cha. Soc-cultural barriers for HIV ntrol and preventn found this study ll for ser and imperative nsiratn on tegrated measur, cludg targeted efforts towards effective sex tn and further cln of soc-cultural perspectiv HIV/AIDS terventns for gay men. * gay community research paper *
The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey.
Dpe major chang laws and norms surroundg the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opn on the acceptance of homosexualy society remas sharply divid by untry, regn and enomic velopment. And Poland, supporters of the erng PiS (Law and Jtice), which has explicly targeted gay rights as anathema to tradnal Polish valu, are 23 percentage pots ls likely to say that homosexualy should be accepted by society than those who do not support the erng party.
But even untri like France and Germany where acceptance of homosexualy is high, there are differenc between supporters and non-supporters of key right-wg populist parti such as Natnal Rally France and Alternative for Germany (AfD).
LOOK TO THE HIV EPIMIC OF GAY COMMUNY WH A SOC-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: A QUALATIVE STUDY CHA, 2015-2016
At a time when lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals are an creasgly open, acknowledged, and visible part of society, clicians and rearchers are faced wh plete rmatn about the health stat of this muny. Although a most body of knowledge on LGBT health has been veloped over the last two s, much remas to be explored. What is currently known about LGBT health? Where do gaps the rearch this area exist? What are the prri for a rearch agenda to addrs the gaps? This report aims to answer the qutns. * gay community research paper *
In 25 of the 34 untri surveyed, those who say relign is “somewhat, ” “not too” or “not at all” important their liv are more likely to say that homosexualy should be accepted than those who say relign is “very” important. Keywords: LGBT, mental health dispari, discrimatn, stigmatisatn, victimisatnIntroductnThe acronym LGBTQ (also LGBTQAP+, LGBTQA, GLBTIQ, LGBT, LGBTQ and other alternat) is an umbrella term that stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, and queer or qutng people. This acronym has s origs the shorter versn lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT), which vers a heterogeneo group of LGBT people who often feature together as a group efforts to ga better social reprentatn and more polil support (Salmen 2015:11).
The LGBT dividuals have unique experienc that are shaped by multiple factors, such as race/ethnicy, soc-enomic stat, geographil lotn and age, not jt sexual orientatn (Farmer & Yancu 2015:37) lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people differ om ‘tradnal’ mori two aspects: (1) they are not necsarily regnisable through physil characteristics and (2) they are still perceived many ntexts as actg agast natural procs (Takács 2015:10). The belief that other sexual orientatns are abnormal or ferr to heterosexualy is a source of opprsn, rultg heterosexism and homophobic attus, creatg a hostile climate for LGBT people (Mostert, Gordon & Kriegler 2015:116; Salmen 2015:11). N = 914 subjects who had sexual partners of the same sex the past 12 months, the past 5 years, or sce age 18, reprentative sample of sexual mori om the non-stutnalised English-speakg USA populatn aged 18 and vtigate whether stctural stigma (livg muni wh high levels of anti-gay prejudice) creas the risk of premature mortaly for sexual mori.
N = 10 members of a high school gay-straight alliance the north-eastern Uned StatTo terme the feasibily and acceptabily of a mental health promotn programme to addrs mory strsors and promote pg skills amongst LGBTQ youth. N = 770 rponnts who self-intified as lbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgenr (91 transgenr and 676 non-transgenr), over the age of 19 asss whether transgenr inty is associated wh an elevated probabily of reported discrimatn, prsn symptoms and suicidal attempts pared wh non-transgenr LGB dividuals.
HIV INTERVENTN GAY COMMUNY REARCH PAPER
Due to creased levels of stigma, discrimatn and victimizatn Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Qutng or Intersex (LGBTQI+) youth fac * gay community research paper *
N = 2846 LGBT dividuals non-probabilistic and tentnally sampled analyse the associatn between ternalised homophobia, homophobic vlence, discrimatn, and muny nnectedns and alhol e and prsive symptoms LGBT dividuals(h) Aims and objectiv clearly stated(h) Study sign aquately scribed(h) Rearch methods appropriate(nr) Explic theoretil amework(l) Limatns prented(i) Implitns discsedData abstractn and synthisTwo rearchers analysed the selected publitns penntly by thematic analysis. (2013) USAMory strsorsLGBT youth:Mental health risk factors related to stctural/societal levels and terpersonal teractns wh fay and peers characterised by mory for studi to intify trapersonal strengths or pg strategi orr to overe mory dividuals:Internalised homophobia. Discrimatn (abe and public sults, healthre system (pathologisg LGBTI and generic mastream servic) and social excln based on stigma, heterosexism, heteronormativy, homophobia and transphobia rult the followg:-Fear of stigma and discrimatn.
The mory strs mol (Meyer 2003:35) helps to unrstand the relatnships between (1) external strsors such as stigmatisatn, discrimatn and victimisatn based on a person’s mory stat and (2) ternal strsors such as expectatns of rejectn, ncealment of sexual orientatn and ternalised homophobia. S., 2021, ‘Mental health challeng of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people: An tegrated lerature review’, Health SA Gondheid 26(0), a1487., This article is dited to the memory of the late Dr Richard Rikhotso (1969–2020).
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The groups clu: Frontnners, tablished 1974, wh over 100 LGBT athletics clubs worldwi [31]; Var Voic, a biannual LGBT choir ftival [32]; the Bgham Cup, an annual ternatnal gby petn [28]; a plethora of LGBT film ftivals [33]; an Internatnal Theatre Ftival [34]; and the Gay Gam [35]. It’s the place to meet like-md people… was our love of food and we-matchg that was the nnectn… nnects me to the wir muny…I nnected wh beg gay (dg, 56)I’m part of this muny and feel clud and volved …bee there’s lots of different typ of like-md people there…It’s a thg that the muny really celebrat diversy that sense…I jt feel that I am accepted—’s wonrful, ’s so validatg (roller rby, 27)But the ma nnectn for everybody is the love of beg outdoors on mountas or hills…Sharg my enjoyment of the activy…there’s an on-par thg now—a shared thg together…A terie of like-md people n go and do more adventuro thgs…and there’s a thrill that (hikg, 53)Shared terts appeared to play an important role creatg social works and muny nnectns.
I found myself a suatn where I had no gay iends and was a nnectn that I missed…I figured the only way to really make iends who are also LGBT was to jo some sort of a club that had LGBT participants (MeetUp, 27)In this way, appears that is the terlkg of the tert and LGBT inty that creat the nnectn; there is a need for both, one whout the other would be sufficient. And pl is the fact that there’s always lots of actors who are gay, a lot of theatre makers who are gay; so ’s like I f right (theatre, 22)In this way, appears that while participants’ shared terts are to the foreont, the shared terts also provi opportuni for nnectn wh LGBT muni. For the first time my life I was socialisg wh all gay people…somethg jt, I don’t know if clicked, or if felt fortable…and I thought ‘Actually, this is pretty ol: I feel like I belong here, I feel at ease here, I feel fortable’ (gby, 31)While the LGBT group provid a sense of belongg, further elaboratn was provid:.