Blondeel, Karel Say, Lale Chou, Doris Toskin, Igor Khosla, Rajat Scolaro, Elisa Temmerman, Marleen
Published in
International Journal for Equity in Health
Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) include individuals with a wide range of sexual orientations, physical characteristics, and gender identities and expressions. Data suggest that people in this group face a significant and poorly understood set of additional health risks and bear a higher burden of some diseases compared to the general population....
Wilson, Bianca D. M. Miyashita, Ayako
Published in
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
Epidemiological categories not only reflect existing frameworks for public health, but also reify how subpopulations are defined, understood, and targeted for interventions. The sweeping categorization of Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) used in HIV research and intervention work is one such example. The current paper builds upon previous cri...
Jabson, Jennifer M. Mitchell, Jason W. Doty, S. Benjamin
Published in
BMC Public Health
BackgroundSome physicians lack knowledge and awareness about health issues specific to sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals. To help improve this, hospitals have implemented policies that mandate non-discrimination and training to promote sexual and gender minority health. There is limited evidence about how such policies relate to physicia...
Logie, Carmen H. Lacombe-Duncan, Ashley Lee-Foon, Nakia Ryan, Shannon Ramsay, Hope
Published in
BMC International Health and Human Rights
BackgroundStigma and discrimination harm the wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and contribute to migration from contexts of sexual persecution and criminalization. Yet LGBT newcomers and refugees often face marginalization and struggles meeting the social determinants of health (SDOH) following immigration to countri...
Wilson, Bianca DM Miyashita, Ayako
Epidemiological categories not only reflect existing frameworks for public health, but reify how subpopulations are defined, understood, and targeted for interventions. The sweeping categorization of Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) used in HIV research and intervention work is one such example. The current paper builds upon previous critique...
Tan, Andy S. L. Bigman, Cabral A. Nagler, Rebekah H. Minsky, Sara Viswanath, Kasisomayajula
Published in
Cancer Causes & Control
BackgroundIn 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed nine graphic health warnings (GHWs) on cigarette packaging that were rated equally effective across racial/ethnic, education, or income groups of adult smokers. However, data on GHW effectiveness among sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults, who have higher smoking prevalence, are c...
Stojanovski, Kristefer Zhou, Sasha King, Elizabeth Gjorgjiovska, Jovana Mihajlov, Antonio
Published in
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
We examined an application of the minority stress model to the experiences of sexual and gender minorities in Macedonia. We conducted a cross-sectional online national survey among 18–30-year-old participants in Macedonia. We facilitated two focus groups with a subset of sexual and gender minority participants to gain an additional context about th...
Lee, Hyemin Park, Jooyoung Choi, Bokyoung Yi, Horim Kim, Seung-Sup
Published in
Epidemiology and health
Transgender people may encounter barriers to transition-related healthcare services. This study aimed to investigate the experiences of transition-related healthcare and barriers to those procedures among transgender adults in Korea. In 2017, we conducted a nationwide cross-sectional survey of 278 transgender adults, which named Rainbow Connection ...
Hendriks, Bavo Vandenberghe, Anke Marie-Josée Aimé Peeters, Laura Roelens, Kristien Keygnaert, Ines
Published in
International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundSexual assault remains a major threat to public health, affecting every gender, gender identity and sexual orientation. Following the Belgian ratification of the Istanbul Convention in 2016, the feasibility of a Belgian sexual assault centre model was investigated, aiming to provide more integrated and patient-centred health and judiciary...
Loza, Oralia Alvarez, Carlos R. Peralta-Torres, David
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Sexual and gender minorities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, experience barriers to healthcare as a result of stigma, discrimination, and poor cultural competence by healthcare and social services providers (HCSSP). The purpose of the study is to increase access to care and services for the LGBTQ commu...