Transgender individuals tend to experience relatively high levels of poor mental health, research indicates. Recent studies suggest that involvement in trans activism may be related to greater, not lesser, degrees of distress. Other factors, such as undergoing hormonal and surgical procedures, are ...
Date Posted: July 17, 2020
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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Despite knowing about their child’s sexual orientation for two years, parents of many LGB youths still find the news hard to swallow.
Jun 21
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Parenting
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Research has shown that transitioning improves trans people's mental health. Whether the physical change involves medical treatment or not, the effects have been found to be overwhelmingly positive.
Oct 7
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Workplace ...
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How does a person’s view change when the government takes sides on an issue? Obergefell v. Hodges’ research on the US Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling on gay marriage shows that, while their personal attitudes did not change, Americans’ ...
Sep 23
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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A new study has found that watching a fictional show with transgender characters tend to lead to more positive attitudes towards transgender people and policies affecting transgender people.
Aug 17
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) workers face discrimination in the workplace. What forms does this take and what is the degree of discrimination experienced by LGBT persons? Sexual identity management and other coping strategies ...
Nov 8
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Workplace ...
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Despite growing awareness of transgender issues in Hong Kong, rights groups say that transgender people still face an uphill battle against discrimination and unfair treatment.
Nov 7
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Mental ...
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Why do opponents of same-sex marriage really oppose it? A study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, concludes that many people believe gay men and women are more sexually promiscuous than ...
Sep 22
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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The World Health Organization is moving toward declassifying transgender identity as a mental disorder in its global list of medical conditions, with a new study lending additional support to a proposal that would delete the decades-old designation. ...
Aug 23
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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A new review of research into anxiety disorders has reported that women and adults under the age of 35 are more likely to experience anxiety than other groups.
Jun 7
Categories: Anxiety, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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A new study of gay Latino and gay white men suggests different ethnic groups experience "coming out" differently. The research, appearing in the peer-reviewed journal Self and Identity, examines verbal disclosure of one's gay identity to others as ...
May 7
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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Over the last 50 years, political rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals have significantly broadened in some countries, while they have narrowed in others. In many parts of the world, political and popular support for LGB rights ...
Apr 28
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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Among military veterans identifying as transgender, 90 percent have at least one mental health diagnosis, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression, and nearly 50 percent had a hospitalization after a suicide attempt or suicidal ...
Apr 2
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
GOThe government will summon psychiatrist Fidiansjah for his recent controversial remarks on LGBT people, in which he labeled homosexuality and bisexuality mental disorders.
Mar 24
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Mental ...
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About 41 percent of young transgender women had one or more mental health or substance dependence diagnoses.
Mar 23
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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LGBTQ patients who are also racial and ethnic minorities suffer significant health disparities, while facing more complicated challenges than white LGBTQ or racial and ethnic minority patients alone.
Mar 19
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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