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The challenges of a gay marriage.

September 3, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The challenges of a gay marriage.

“While there are lots of books about how to plan your gay wedding, there are virtually none that address what to do after the honeymoon is over,” begins author and psychotherapist Michael Dale Kimmel. After seeing hundreds—maybe a thousand—gay couples wrestling with the institution of marriage, he came to recognize that two men in a marriage have different needs and different dynamics than heterosexual and lesbian couples. “There are a lot of aspects of heterosexual marriage that don’t work particularly well for us.

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Isolation from both “teams” at the heart of bisexual health issues.

September 3, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Isolation from both “teams” at the heart of bisexual health issues.

“Double discrimination” and loneliness put bisexual individuals at “higher risk for poor mental health outcomes,” according to a recent study out of American University. The study compared the mental health of bisexual men and women to that of gay men, lesbians and heterosexuals.

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It’s a bisexual world at Harvard.

September 2, 2017 compassq Comments Off on It’s a bisexual world at Harvard.

Bisexuals are at least 400 percent more prevalent in Harvard University’s incoming class of freshmen than they are in the general population. While approximately 1.8 percent of the general United States population identifies as bisexual, 7.9 percent of Harvard’s Class of 2021 says they are bisexual.

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Health challenges for older gay and lesbians.

September 2, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Health challenges for older gay and lesbians.

The study is the first to use national, population-based data to evaluate differences in health outcomes and behaviors among lesbian, gay and bisexual older adults. Using two-year survey data of 33,000 heterosexual and LGB adults ages 50 and older from a probability-based study of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers from the UW School of Social Work report noticeable health disparities between LGB and heterosexual adults.

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Half of all transgender people have attempted suicide.

September 1, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Half of all transgender people have attempted suicide.

As disgusting, hurtful and plain false messages about the LGBTQ community abound in the lead-up to a marriage equality postal survey, sobering new research has found young transgender people are at massively increased risk of suicide or depression compared to the general population. A study of 859 people by Telethon Kids Institute, hailed as “the largest ever survey conducted into the mental health of trans young people in Australia”, found almost half had attempted suicide in their life.

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New Jersey to host first LGBT healthcare conference.

September 1, 2017 compassq Comments Off on New Jersey to host first LGBT healthcare conference.

New Jersey’s first Healthcare Conference for the LGBT Community will be held on October 6, 2017. The conference is supported through a grant from Sanofi. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, a facility of RWJBarnabas Health, and Garden State Equality will host the day at Raritan Valley Country Club, 747 State Route 28, Bridgewater from 8 am to 3 pm.

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Gay & bisexual European immigrants face higher risk to HIV.

August 31, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Gay & bisexual European immigrants face higher risk to HIV.

Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) often are motivated to embark on new lives in supportive countries to escape oppression and experience freedoms unavailable in their home countries. However, a recent study addressing the MSM migrant community shows that structural stigma (e.g., laws and policies promoting the unequal treatment of oppressed populations) may put this intersectional population at a higher risk of HIV exposure.