Sexual Minorities
Sexual Minorities, also called LGBT persons, are "individuals including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, gender non-conforming people, and other populations whose sexual orientation or gender identity and reproductive development is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms".[1]
The Institute of Medicine has made recommendations for research areas.[2]
Nomenclature
The optimal descriptors of the community have been debated with concerns that MSM and WSW are not adequate terms.[3]
Disparities
Disparities in the quality of health care provide for sexual minorities have been documented.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Sexual Minorities (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities. The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2011. PMID: 22013611
- ↑ Young RM, Meyer IH (2005). "The trouble with "MSM" and "WSW": erasure of the sexual-minority person in public health discourse". Am J Public Health. 95 (7): 1144–9. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.046714. PMC 1449332. PMID 15961753.
- ↑ Daniel H, Butkus R, Health and Public Policy Committee of American College of Physicians (2015). "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Disparities: Executive Summary of a Policy Position Paper From the American College of Physicians". Ann Intern Med. 163 (2): 135–7. doi:10.7326/M14-2482. PMID 25961598.
- ↑ Marrazzo JM (2015). "Advancing Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons: Enough Already?". Ann Intern Med. 163 (2): 143–4. doi:10.7326/M15-0329. PMID 25962057.
- ↑ Rubin R (2015). "Minimizing health disparities among LGBT patients". JAMA. 313 (1): 15–7. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.17243. PMID 25562250.