Sexual Orientation

The study is based on data from the LGBTQ National Teen Study of 17,000 teens A large proportion of sexual and gender minority youth do not identify with traditional sexual identity labels - such as gay, lesbian, and bisexual - but instead…

Credit: University of Texas at Austin Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youths are more likely to end up in foster care or unstable housing and suffer negative outcomes, such as substance abuse or mental health…

Adolescents who identify as LGBTQ often face victimization and bullying because of their sexual and/or gender identity. New research from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity and the Department of Human Development and Family…

Credit: Dr. Mark Rubin A new Journal of Applied Social Psychology study investigates the associations between workplace sexism, sense of belonging at work, mental health, and job satisfaction for women in male-dominated industries. In…

New study uncovers LGBT perceptions of legitimacy, authority and justice in law enforcementCredit: Florida Atlantic University Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals have a long history of discrimination in the United…

Sexual minorities -- people who are attracted to members of the same sex or who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual -- are at a higher risk for several different health problems at different points in their lives, according to Penn State…

In a Developmental Science study of preschool-aged children, implicit and explicit evaluations of Black boys were less positive than evaluations of Black girls, White boys, or White girls. This "gendered racial bias" was exhibited by…

Economic downturn during early pregnancy was linked with modest increases in preterm birth in a Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology analysis. For the analysis, researchers examined a dataset of all singleton births in Michigan from…

Researchers at UNIGE have shown that some men turn to homophobia as a way of reasserting their masculinity and compensate for the feminisation of men in society. Before the feminist revolution in the late 1960s, men largely built their…

As a growing number of adolescents identify as transgender, a review aims to help primary care physicians care for this vulnerable group and its unique needs. The review, published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), looks at…