Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Qualy of Life Advisory Commissn |

Contents:

• MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALY OF LIFE OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS ENGLAND AND WAL: NTROLLED, CROSS-SECTNAL STUDY
• HEALTH-RELATED QUALY OF LIFE AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL ADULTS: THE BURN OF HEALTH DISPARI 2016 BEHAVRAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM DATA
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER QUALY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSN
• MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALY OF LIFE OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS ENGLAND AND WAL
• DISPARI HEALTH-RELATED QUALY OF LIFE AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL NCER SURVIVORS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• RELATNSHIP QUALY OF GAY AND LBIAN HABG UPL

MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALY OF LIFE OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS ENGLAND AND WAL: NTROLLED, CROSS-SECTNAL STUDY

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Gay men were more likely than heterosexual men to sre above thrhold on the Clil Interview Schle, ditg greater levels of psychologil distrs (RR 1. Gay men and lbians were more likely than heterosexuals to have nsulted a mental health profsnal the past, liberately harmed themselv and ed recreatnal dgs. Awarens of mental health issu for gay men and lbians should bee a standard part of trag for mental health profsnals, who need to be aware of the potential for substance mise and self-harm this group and of the discrimatn experienced by many lbians.

Health-Related Qualy of Life Among Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults: The Burn of Health Dispari 2016 Behavral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data.

HEALTH-RELATED QUALY OF LIFE AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL ADULTS: THE BURN OF HEALTH DISPARI 2016 BEHAVRAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM DATA

We studied whether HRQoL dispari existed among lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults. Bisexual femal reported signifintly more days that their physil health was not good; gay mal reported signifintly fewer days that their physil health was not good. Furthermore, gay and bisexual adults had signifintly higher odds of reportg equent mental distrs (FMD).

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER QUALY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSN

Co-occurrg mental illns, dg e, and medil multimorbidy among lbian, gay, and bisexual middle-aged and olr adults the Uned Stat: a natnally reprentative study. Comparison of Health and Health Risk Factors Between Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults and Heterosexual Adults the Uned Stat: Rults From the Natnal Health Interview Survey. "Our feelgs are valid" - reviewg the lbian, gay, and bisexual affirmative approach a mental health settg.

The Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatment on Role-In-Sex Gay and Bisexual Men: Mixed Methods Rults om the Rtore-1 and Rtore-2 Studi. Lbians and gay men experience tolerance of their sexualy, discrimatn and victimisatn (Reference Mays and CochranMays & Cochran, 2000) and appear to have higher rat of anxiety, prsn, substance e disorrs and suicidal behavur than heterosexual men and women (Reference Hershberger and D'AugelliHershberger & D'Augelli, 1995; Reference Fergson, Horwood and BetraisFergson et al, 1999; Reference Lock and SteerLock & Steer, 1999; Reference Cochran and MaysCochran & Mays, 2000).

Furthermore, many studi did not clu a parison group (Reference Atkson, Grant and KennedyAtkson et al, 1988; Reference CoyleCoyle, 1993; Reference PillardPillard, 1998), employed nvenience sampl, applied unual fns of homosexualy (Reference Fergson, Horwood and BetraisFergson et al, 1999), or failed to differentiate between fdgs gay and bisexual people.

MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALY OF LIFE OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS ENGLAND AND WAL

Five per cent of the Brish populatn is timated to be gay or lbian (Reference Johnson, Mercer and ErensJohnson et al, 2001), but recg a probabilistic sample is unlikely to achieve sufficient numbers (Reference Gilman, Cochran and MaysGilman et al, 2001) or ndid rpons. Probabilistic samplg predomantly gay and lbian neighbourhoods has been ed the USA, but is limed bee most gay people do not live such neighbourhoods.

In England and Wal they live more monly urban areas (Reference Johnson, Mercer and ErensJohnson et al, 2001) but gay neighbourhoods are unual.

DISPARI HEALTH-RELATED QUALY OF LIFE AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL NCER SURVIVORS

Our hypothis was that gay men and lbians England and Wal differed om heterosexual men and women terms of mental health, qualy of life and experienc of mental health servic. We nducted a cross-sectnal survey of gay and lbian and heterosexual people livg England and Wal, intified by snowball samplg.

We asked participants to dite their sexual inty as gay or lbian (homosexual), bisexual or straight (heterosexual), a choice that termed the group which they were analysed.

It is able to reach dividuals who do not vis gay or lbian venu or who might not rpond to advertisements. A sample of 1250 gay and lbian participants provis an timate of prevalence of psychiatric disorr wh 95% nfince lims of ±2.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

We first termed relative risks for srg above the ual thrhold of 11/12 on the Clil Interview Schle the gay and lbian group pared wh the heterosexual group and adjted them for age. There were 505 heterosexual men, 656 gay men, 588 heterosexual women, 430 lbians, 85 bisexual men and 113 bisexual women; 24 men and 29 women uld not scribe their sexualy.

RELATNSHIP QUALY OF GAY AND LBIAN HABG UPL

Self-intifitn as gay, lbian or straight (heterosexual) acrd closely wh reported sexual attractn on the adapted Ksey sle.

Almost all the heterosexual men (494; 99%) were attracted prcipally to women, 596 (95%) of gay men to other men, 573 (98%) of heterosexual women to men, and 408 (96%) of lbians to other women.

(Small variatns totals are due to missg data for 4 heterosexual men, 27 gay men, 2 heterosexual women and 6 lbians. Gay men and lbians were more likely than heterosexual men and women to be reced the first wave, as were participants who reported they were Whe and those aged 16–24 years (Table 1). Heterosexual people were olr and ls likely to scribe their ethnicy as Whe than their gay and lbian unterparts, whereas the latter were more likely to report beg employment (Table 3).