The current health stat of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people of all rac, ethnici, ag, and social backgrounds n be unrstood only cultural and historil ntext. To provi this ntext, this chapter reviews basic fns and ncepts ncerng genr inty, genr exprsn, and sexual orientatn; summariz key historil events that have shaped ntemporary LGBT culture and muni; scrib the mography of LGBT people the Uned Stat; and exam barriers to accsg health re for LGBT people. The chapter then prents a discsn of the se of HIV/AIDS as relat to several important them of this report. The fal sectn summariz key fdgs and rearch opportuni.
Contents:
- AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR YOUTH THE JUVENILE JTICE SYSTEM
- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP
Steve Valocchi, The Class-Inflected Nature of Gay Inty, Social Problems, Vol. 46, No. 2 (May, 1999), pp. 207-224 * gay classification system *
In the spir of batg stereotyp by reclaimg and celebratg them, BBDO NY Art Director Jam Kuczynski and illtrator Pl Tuller have created a “Gui to Gay Stereotyp, ” a seri of silk screened imag pturg the sence of your neighborhood gay posters, released this week as we head to Pri season, celebrate the recent Supreme Court cisn on DOMA. Nearly 50 years ago, LGBTQ+ activists achieved what was lled the “greatt gay victory” of the time: succsfully phg members of the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA) to remove the diagnosis of homosexualy om the official classifitn of mental illns, the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM). The classifitn of mental illns was born om the legacy of multiple systems of power: the Amerin legal system crimalized homosexual behavr; feral and state ernments had not yet dified protectns for queer and trans people seekg employment and hog; and an sistence on heteronormative genr rol stigmatized anyone who viated om their role as a “woman” or a “man.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR YOUTH THE JUVENILE JTICE SYSTEM
Sharon L. Baker, Gay W. Shepherd, Fictn Classifitn Schem: The Prcipl behd Them and Their Succs, RQ, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Wter 1987), pp. 245-251 * gay classification system *
Dpe the persistence of stereotyp that portray lbian, gay, and bisexual people as disturbed, several s of rearch and clil experience have led all mastream medil and mental health anizatns this untry to nclu that the orientatns reprent normal forms of human experience. Helpful rpons of a therapist treatg an dividual who is troubled about her or his same sex attractns clu helpg that person actively pe wh social prejudic agast homosexualy, succsfully rolve issu associated wh and rultg om ternal nflicts, and actively lead a happy and satisfyg life. The phrase “g out” is ed to refer to several aspects of lbian, gay, and bisexual persons’ experienc: self-awarens of same-sex attractns; the tellg of one or a few people about the attractns; wispread disclosure of same-sex attractns; and intifitn wh the lbian, gay, and bisexual muny.
If they are a heterosexual relatnship, their experienc may be que siar to those of people who intify as heterosexual unls they choose to e out as bisexual; that se, they will likely face some of the same prejudice and discrimatn that lbian and gay dividuals enunter. This gui highlights a wi range of bt practic – everythg om big picture improvements to ontle fix – that juvenile jtice facili n implement to advance the safety and well-beg of a particularly vulnerable populatn: Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) youth.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
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We acknowledge and support the rights to self-intify and self-termatn, which should be central to any work examg pennt variabl ed to pare methods clud recment method (onle vers -person), three mographic factors (age < 30 years vers olr, gay inty vers other, and at least some tertiary tn vers none), and eight sexual health ditors (greater than 20 male sexual partners the 6 months prr to survey, STI ttg or treatment the year prr to survey, any STI diagnosis the year prr to survey, lifetime HIV ttg, HIV ttg the year prr to survey, any HIV posive tt rult, any ndomls anal terurse (CAI) wh sual partners the 6 months prr to survey, and any ndomls anal terurse wh regular partners the six months prr to survey). Although sexual attractns and behavrs are generally unrstood as rangg along a ntuum om exclively heterosexual to exclively homosexual (Ksey et al., 1948, 1953), sexual orientatn is often discsed acrdg to three ma tegori, pecially when is fed terms of inty: (1) heterosexualy (for dividuals who intify as, for example, “straight” or whose sexual or romantic attractns and behavrs foc exclively or maly on members of the other sex); (2) homosexualy (for dividuals who intify as, for example, “gay, ” “lbian, ” or “homosexual” or whose attractns and behavrs foc exclively or maly on members of the same sex); and (3) bisexualy (for dividuals who intify as, for example, “bisexual” or whose sexual or romantic attractns and behavrs are directed at members of both sex to a signifint gree). Overall, lbians appear to display greater variabily than gay men the age at which they rell reachg var velopmental “ton, ” such as awarens of same-sex attractns, experience of same-sex fantasi, and first pursu of same-sex sexual ntact (for a review, see Diamond, 2008).