LGBT Health

Purpose: The purpose of this review was to compare differences in Papanicolaou (pap) test rates between sexual minority women (SMW) and heterosexual women. Methods: PubMed, Embase, and Scopus were searched from inception until June 2020 for articles ...

The psychosocial needs and experiences of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people is an understudied area of oncology research. In response to calls to action from past researchers, we conducted a scoping review, which included published and gray ...

Purpose: We aimed to examine if same-sex partnership in men is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and whether this relationship can be explained by accumulated risk factors in late adolescence using causal mediation analysis. Methods: All men ...

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate mortality disparities for sexual minority adults in the United States. Methods: We used data from 26,384 adult respondents using the 1999–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, linked with National ...

Purpose: The study purpose was to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic may be differentially impacting the well-being of sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth compared with their non-SGM counterparts. Specifically, we looked at perceptions of mental and ...

Purpose: We examined the association of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ)-supportive school policies and practices with psychosocial health outcomes among lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB), and heterosexual students. Methods: The ...

Purpose: Sexual minority adults report worse mental health than heterosexual peers, although few empirical studies are large enough to measure variation in these disparities by sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES). We ...

Purpose: This study analyzed the differing impact of discrimination on mental health outcomes among transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) adults. Methods: We utilized data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Mental health outcomes included ...