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Associations between health care access and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among rural and urban lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer adults. [PDF]

J Trauma Stress
Abstract Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals experience elevated rates of trauma exposure, minority stress, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Yet, research examining how geographic location and LGBTQ+ identity shape PTSD outcomes is scant, particularly studies considering structural facilitators and barriers ...
Kenyon EA, Stage MA, Kiefer R, Ruben MA, Livingston NA, Berke DS, Shipherd JC.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Lesbian and bisexual women's experiences of sexuality-based discrimination and their appearance concerns [PDF]

, 2012
Lesbian and bisexual women frequently experience sexuality-based discrimination, which is often based on others' judgements about their appearance. This short article aims to explore whether there is a relationship between lesbian and bisexual women's ...
Bower J., Bowleg L., Bradford J., Clarke V., D'Augelli A.R., Davison T.E., Dean L., Erickson J.M., Friedman C., Geiger W., Hayfield N.J., Holliday R., Huxley C.J., Huxley C.J., Huxley C.J., Kelly L., Krakauer I.D., Krieger N., Krieger N., Krieger N., Lyle J., Mays V.M., Mendelson B.K., Nestle J., Phinney J., Rothblum E., Rothblum E., Taub J., Taylor Y., Tiggemann M.   +29 more
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Female bisexuality

, 2020
Bisexual behavior is an order of magnitude more common than exclusive homosexuality in women. Many evolutionary hypotheses on sexual orientation have focused on homosexuality, particularly in men, yet there has recently been a growing recognition that male and female homosexuality may have different evolutionary origins, and that the various forms of ...
Severi Luoto, Markus J. Rantala
openaire   +2 more sources

Substance Use Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients Entering Substance Abuse Treatment: Comparisons to Heterosexual Clients [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: This study evaluated whether sexual orientation-specific differences in substance use behaviors exist among adults entering substance abuse treatment. Method: Admissions records (July 2007–December 2009) were examined for treatment programs in
Flentje, Annesa, Heck, Nicholas C., Sorensen, James L.   +2 more
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Apetito «contra natura»: Celestina and her same-sex desires

Celestinesca, 2022
Fernando de Rojas’ La Celestina drips with sexuality as represented by prostitution, double entendre, and hypersexuality but some scholars have balked at the opportunity to investigate the significance of Celestina’s same-sex desires that permeate ...
Caleb A. Mertz-Vega
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative exploration of whether lesbian and bisexual women are 'protected' from sociocultural pressure to be thin [PDF]

, 2014
Heterosexual women in Western cultures are known to experience body image concerns, dieting and disordered eating as a result of intense social pressures to be thin. However, it is theorised that lesbian and bisexual women belong to a subculture that is ‘
Brown LS, Grogan S, Huxley CJ, Rothblum E, Smith JA, Tiggemann M, Willig C   +6 more
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Impact of Social Exclusion in Transsexual People in Spain From an Intersectional and Gender Perspective

SAGE Open, 2016
Social exclusion refers to the processes by means of which individuals and groups of people have limited rights and opportunities to become fully integrated into society. In Spain, several social and legal developments have taken place.
Luis Miguel Rondón García, Dolores Martin Romero   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lesbian and bisexual women's human rights, sexual rights and sexual citizenship: negotiating sexual health in England. [PDF]

, 2011
Lesbian and bisexual women's sexual health is neglected in much Government policy and practice in England and Wales. This paper examines lesbian and bisexual women's negotiation of sexual health, drawing on findings from a small research project.
Bailey J.V., Bailey J.V., Bell D., Carabine J., Carabine J., Dolan K.A., Dolan K.A., Eleanor Formby, Evans D., Evans D., Farquhar C., Fish J., Fish J., Fish J., Formby E., Formby E., Hinchliff S., Hunt R., Kaplan M.B., Keogh P., Kollman K., London S., Marrazzo J.M., Marrazzo J.M., Marrazzo J.M., McDermott E., McIntyre L., McNair R.P., Miller A.M., Mugglestone J., Parker R., Petchesky R.P., Piercy H., Plummer K., Power J., Richardson D., Richardson D., Sheill K., Skinner C.J., Weeks J., Wilton T., Woodiwiss A.   +41 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Binge Drinking and Internalised Sexual Stigma among Italian Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Young Adults [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND - Literature has studied the relation between youth alcohol consumption and sexual orientation, showing that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) young people are at increased risk to develop alcohol-related problems compared to heterosexuals. AIM -
Baiocco, Roberto, Fontanesi, Lilybeth, Ioverno, Salvatore, Laghi, Fiorenzo, Petruccelli, Irene, Santamaria, Federica, Verrastro, Valera   +6 more
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