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Impact of the Anti‐Homosexuality Act on HIV service delivery in Uganda: Evidence from community‐led monitoring

Journal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction In 2023, the Ugandan government enacted the Anti‐Homosexuality Act (AHA), which included expanded and intensified criminal penalties for consensual same‐sex relations.
Allan Nsubuga, Frank Mugisha, Beatrice Ajonye, Kenneth Mwehonge, Elise Lankiewicz, Patrick Drake, Esther Joan Kilande, Alice Kayongo, Alana R. Sharp   +8 more
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Influence of gender, sexual orientation, and need on treatment utilization for substance use and mental disorders: Findings from the California Quality of Life Survey

BMC Psychiatry, 2009
Background Prior research has shown a higher prevalence of substance use and mental disorders among sexual minorities, however, the influence of sexual orientation on treatment seeking has not been widely studied.
Mays Vickie M, Greenwell Lisa, Grella Christine E, Cochran Susan D   +3 more
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Heterosexist System Justification: Identity and Ideology Explain Variability in Sexual Minorities’ Opposition to Homophobia and Support for LGBTQ+ Rights

Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2023
We hypothesized that because politically conservative ideology legitimizes the status quo—including heteronormative institutions and arrangements—it should be negatively associated with in-group identification, opposition to homophobia, and support for ...
Mark R. Hoffarth, Usman Liaquat, John T. Jost   +2 more
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Sexual orientation and drive: a comparative pilot study on sexual desire [PDF]

, 2017
Many studies addressing sexual drive and hypersexuality stated that homosexuals are used to report higher levels of sexual desire and compulsive sexual behaviors. Literature showed a lack of comparisons between perceived level of desire in hetero and gay
Piacenza, Scipione, Filippo Maria Nimbi, Francesca Tripodi, Simonelli, Chiara, Nimbi, Filippo Maria, Tripodi, Francesca, Scipione Piacenza, Chiara Simonelli   +7 more
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Small RNA pathways in mammalian oocytes

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Three distinct small RNA pathways operate in mammalian oocytes: RNAi interference (RNAi), the microRNA (miRNA) pathway, and the PIWI‐associated RNA (piRNA) pathway. These pathways use small RNAs to guide sequence‐specific repression and contribute to oocyte biology by targeting genes and mobile elements or appear insignificant since different ...
Petr Svoboda, Josef Pasulka
wiley   +1 more source

Sociality and infectious disease prevention and control of sexual and gender minorities in China

Shanghai yufang yixue, 2023
Sexual and gender minorities have social behavioral characteristics such as aggregation， mobility， exclusivity， and concealment， which may be associated with the transmission of infectious diseases in this group.
ZHANG Yuxin, JIANG Chenyan, WANG Jiwei
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Avidin is evolutionarily conserved in fish but dispensable for development and resistance against Streptococcus agalactiae in zebrafish

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The presence of biotin‐binding avidin proteins in fish and their biological significance are poorly characterized. We cataloged fish avidins and demonstrate that they are widely present and evolutionarily conserved. We created avd knockout zebrafish and show that zebavidin is dispensable for development and that resistance of avd knockout embryos in ...
Anni K. Saralahti, Markus J. T. Ojanen, Mataleena Parikka, Otto Kauko, Mika Rämet, Vesa P. Hytönen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equality of opportunity for sexual and gender minorities

, 2021
Despite legal and social advances in the past two decades, sexual orientation and gender minorities continue to face widespread discrimination and violence in many countries.
Cortez, Clifton, De la Medina Soto, Christian, Arzinos, John   +2 more
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SPG4 and Dementia: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and lower limb weakness, with mutations in SPG4/SPAST being the most common cause. Detailed studies and clinical and molecular comparisons across different populations are missing.
Emanuele Panza, Arun Meyyazhagan, Eliseo Picchi, Gustavo Ribas, Ingrid Faber, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Preethi Basavaraju, Paolo Eusebi, Haripriya Kuchi Bhotla, Mario Stasi, Fabrizio Gaudiello, Francesco Patti, Filippo Maria Santorelli, Marcondes Cavalcante França Jr, José Luiz Pedroso, Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive, Peter Henry St George‐Hyslop, Toshitaka Kawarai, Antonio Orlacchio   +19 more
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How Sexual Minorities may use the Internet to Foster Resiliency [PDF]

, 2018
Sexual minorities’ strengths, skills, and resources are often overlooked within the dominant social discourse. While this community may experience individual and systemic barriers, they also possess many positive attributes to overcome adverse situations.
Hau, Phillip
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