HEALTH

Understanding the causes of stress on health of gay or lesbian adolescents.

Chronic stress is a known factor for poor physical and mental health, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse and suicide. And while stress is often a part of adolescence, research also has demonstrated that adolescents who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual experience… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Poll: Majority of LGBTQ Americans report harassment, violence based on identity.

More than half of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans say they have experienced violence, threats or harassment because of their sexuality or gender identity, according to new poll results being released Tuesday by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Men with muscles and money are more attractive to straight women and gay men.

Muscles and money are qualities that straight women and gay men typically find attractive in men, according to an analysis of Tube Crush—a website where people post unsolicited pictures of men seen on the London Underground. The study at… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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‘Here it goes’: Coming out to your doctor in rural America.

Finding the perfect doctor can be a feat for anyone. And a poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that 18 percent of all LGBTQ Americans refrain from seeing… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

HEALTH

Eliminating violence against transgender women in the U.S.

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor those killed as a result of transphobia in the US in 2017. So far this year, at least 26 transgender men and women have died from murders that appear to have been motivated by bias… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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LGBT youth disproportionately experience homelessness.

Today, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago released a new report on youth homelessness, Missed Opportunities: National Estimates, which found that LGBTQ young adults had a 120 percent higher risk of reporting homelessness compared to youth who identified as heterosexual and cisgender… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Gay conversion therapy is dying in Florida.

A network of LGBT Floridians has rapidly passed 17 local conversion therapy bans in as many months—a feat that no other state besides Ohio has come close to replicating. In June 2016, Miami Beach banned conversion therapy for minors… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality