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Various issues in medicine relate to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. According to the US Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), besides HIV/AIDS, issues related to LGBTQ health include breast and cervical cancer, hepatitis, mental health, substance use disorders, alcohol use, tobacco use, depression, access to care for transgender persons, issues surrounding ...
Older LGBT people are marginalised by: a) younger LGBT people, because of ageism; and b) by older age social networks because of homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, heteronormativity (the assumption that everyone is heterosexual), heterosexism (the privileging of heterosexuality), prejudice and discrimination towards LGBT people.
More than one-third, or 41%, of LGBTQ adults with lower incomes, 35% of LGBTQ women and 37% of LGBTQ adults ages 18-29 said a doctor or other health care provider treated them unfairly or with ...
LGBTQ+ youth have been able to find a community, confide in others, and feel less alone. Social media has made it "easier to find LGBTQ people online than offline, and it's safer too.', wrote a gender nonbinary youth" (Fischer 4). Social media has connected LGBTQ+ youth individuals to each other that is comfortable for many.
A report out Wednesday documents the devastation of COVID-19 on LGTBQ people, from economic upheaval to deeper challenges in accessing health care.
In Canada, lesbian Indigenous women report feeling marginalized from mainstream and LGBT cultures, and from Indigenous communities and other communities of color. [34] Gay aboriginal men, many of whom also identify as two-spirited , often face homophobia within Indigenous communities and racism within the LGBT community.
The U.S. Women's National Team Players Association issued a statement Tuesday in support of LGBTQ rights in the wake of a controversy over midfielder Korbin Albert's social media posts. The Paris ...
Lesbian erasure references the process of ignoring or discarding the history and problems of lesbians. [22] The term demonstrates the ways in which the contributions of notable lesbian women are diminished by making their lesbianism no longer a part of their story; some examples being Stormé DeLarverie, Audre Lorde, or Angela Davis. [23]