Suicidality in Older Adults is Often Overlooked Among LGBTQ
It is important for LGBTQ adults to have strong relationships and support. It has become widely known that LGBTQ adolescents...
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Gender-Affirming Surgery Reduces Suicidality and Substance Abuse [New Study]
Highlights: Transgender persons, like the LGBTQ community in general, experience higher rates of substance abuse and mental health conditions. Transgender...
Transgender vs. Cisgender Substance Use and Desire to Stop
Overview: Evidence shows that while substance use disorders (SUDs) are relatively low in absolute terms among both cisgender and transgender...
Lockdown Effects on Mental Health Worse for Gay Men [Study]
Overview: A new UCLA study suggests that the mental health impacts of coronavirus lockdowns on gay and bisexual men were more...
The Need for Sober Living Communities After Rehab for LGBT+
Overview: Recovery can be a difficult journey for many people, but the LGBT population, in particular, needs a space that...
Detransitioners Often Face Loss of Support by LGBT+ Community
Overview: “Detransitioning” is a difficult and controversial issue in the LGBT+ community. Although rare, medical providers, including rehab centers, should...
Social Isolation and Loneliness of Pandemic Worse for LGBTQ
Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic has also caused a mental health crisis, with millions struggling with anxiety, depression, and loneliness. LGBTQ...
Older LGBT+ Adults Hit Harder Than Others by COVID Pandemic
Overview: Older adult members of the LGBT+ community are facing an intersection of challenges. The pandemic is unusually dangerous for...
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Dangers of Conversion Therapy Worse Than We Knew [New Study]
Overview: “Conversion therapy,” sometimes called “reparative therapy,” is abusive towards LGBTQ people and increasingly banned by state laws. New research...
LGBTQ Youth and Young Adults Especially Vulnerable to Cyberbullying
LGBTQ teens are more vulnerable to substance abuse because of the prevalence of cyberbullying among this population. Somewhere between 4...
