Jones, PhD, of the Guttmacher Institute, New York, and her associates also found that these
sexual-minority women, plus a group of individuals who described their sexual orientation as "something else," were much more likely to report exposure to sexual and physical violence.
"In a large, prospective study involving 25-year-olds with
sexual-minority parents, there were no significant differences in measures of mental health between those who were conceived through donor insemination and enrolled before they were born and those in a U.S.
Numerous studies claim that lesbians and "
sexual-minority women" are more obese than straight women--The National Center for Biotechnology, 2007, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2013, among others.
Predictors of feminist activism among
sexual-minority and heterosexual college women.
Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens living in cities and states where they are protected from abuse and in supportive schools may be less likely to be suicidal than other
sexual-minority teens, according to a study in the February AJPH.
The XAS Advocacy Network Series aims to advocate for culturally competent mental health and wellness and health and human services needs that effect positive social change for Hispanic, veteran, and
sexual-minority communities.
"Sexual Identity Trajectories among
Sexual-Minority Youth: Gender Comparisons." Archives of Sexual Behaviour 29:607-30.
Hughes and her research team wondered if
sexual-minority women and men are at a heightened risk for victimization.
(66) Furthermore, the
sexual-minority jurisprudence of the UNHRC was behind that of the ECHR, and perhaps Brazil felt that the issue deserved more immediate attention.
This article demonstrates that the success rates for
sexual-minority refugee claims are similar to the success rates for traditional refugee claims.
Sexual identity, attractions, and behavior among young
sexual-minority women over a two-year period.
Sexual-minority American citizens' equality and rights are not on the radar.
* In addition to these more general risk factors, researchers have identified how
sexual-minority youth also face distinctive risk factors such as a lack of family acceptance, age at which they come out or disclose their non-heterosexual orientation, gender atypicality, and bullying or conflict because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity (Friedman, Koeske, Silvestre, Korr, & Sites, 2006; Remafedi, 1994).
These days the group works to create a safe space for
sexual-minority Africans.
Here's why: Research has shown that women are more likely than men to smoke as a means of regulating mood, and "
sexual-minority women face more stress in their lives," says Michele Eliason, Ph.D., RN, an affiliate of the Lesbian Health Research Center and an associate professor at the University of Iowa.