LGBTQ+ Populations

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Feb 12, 2025

Intersectional HIV Stigma in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean: Insights and Pathways Forward – A Scoping Review

This review covers research on intersectional HIV stigma in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
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Jan 16, 2025

Sexual Orientation, Entrepreneurship, and Firm Survival

We find that sexual minority men are less likely than heterosexual men to be entrepreneurs. Sexual minority women are more likely to be entrepreneurs than heterosexual women, but their ventures fail more quickly.
Research

Jan 16, 2025

Age Profiles of Suicide Attempt Among Sexual Minority Adolescents

We describe the age profiles of suicide attempt among sexual minority youth, and in doing so identify the critical age period when suicide attempt risk begins to increase among sexual minorities.
Research

Jan 16, 2025

Anti-Discrimination Laws and Mental Health: Evidence from Sexual Minorities

Exploiting the roll out of employment based anti-discrimination laws, we study the effect of such laws on mental health. Results demonstrate that anti-discrimination laws improve mental health.
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Jan 6, 2025

Meeting the Needs of Queer Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Recommendations Relevant to Programs Funded by the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act in Los Angeles County

The authors provide an overview of programs for queer at-promise youth and juvenile justice-involved youth in Los Angeles County and examine the challenges that these youth face and how practitioners can better support them.
Research Summary

Nov 26, 2024

Interventions for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: Taking Stock of the Available Evidence

To inform decisionmaking, researchers conducted a systematic review to identify and summarize peer-reviewed studies on a variety of health outcomes from interventions for gender dysphoria delivered to transgender and gender-expansive youth.
Research

Nov 26, 2024

Interventions for Gender Dysphoria and Related Health Problems in Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: A Systematic Review of Benefits and Risks to Inform Practice, Policy, and Research

The authors conducted a systematic review of literature on interventions for gender dysphoria and related health problems in transgender and gender-expansive youth (age 25 or younger) to inform health care practice, policy, and research.
Nov 15, 2024

RAND Review: November-December 2024

The cover story explores a new examination of military and veteran caregivers that provides updated estimates of the number of adults caregiving in the U.S. today; and provides insights on the health, economic security, and well-being of caregivers.
Research

Oct 23, 2024

Assessing Narrative Patterns in Health Access, Outcomes, and Behaviors Across Three Data Sets From England, the United States, and California for Sexual Minority Adults

We examined peer-reviewed publications analyzing data from the English GPPS, U.S. NHIS, and CHIS to explore how the health of sexual minority populations varies across settings and subgroups.
Research

Oct 10, 2024

Access to Gender-Affirming Care and Transgender Mental Health: Evidence from Medicaid Coverage

We show that Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care meaningfully improves the mental health of transgender people. We also provide suggestive evidence that this is driven by increased take-up of gender-affirming care.
Research

Oct 9, 2024

Sexual Orientation Based Health Disparities in Chile

We explored sexual orientation-based disparities in self-rated health, health insurance coverage, and healthcare utilization in Chile.
Research

Oct 9, 2024

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Mental Health by Gender Identity in the United States, 2019-2021

We estimated the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their association with mental health outcomes in adulthood by gender identity.

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Benefits of Access to Same-Sex Marriage Are Unambiguously Positive

The State of Health and Health Care for LGBTQ+ Veterans

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Intersectional HIV Stigma in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean: Insights and Pathways Forward – A Scoping Review

Sexual Orientation, Entrepreneurship, and Firm Survival

Age Profiles of Suicide Attempt Among Sexual Minority Adolescents

Anti-Discrimination Laws and Mental Health: Evidence from Sexual Minorities

Meeting the Needs of Queer Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Recommendations Relevant to Programs Funded by the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act in Los Angeles County

Interventions for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: Taking Stock of the Available Evidence

Interventions for Gender Dysphoria and Related Health Problems in Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: A Systematic Review of Benefits and Risks to Inform Practice, Policy, and Research

RAND Review: November-December 2024

Assessing Narrative Patterns in Health Access, Outcomes, and Behaviors Across Three Data Sets From England, the United States, and California for Sexual Minority Adults

Access to Gender-Affirming Care and Transgender Mental Health: Evidence from Medicaid Coverage

Sexual Orientation Based Health Disparities in Chile

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Mental Health by Gender Identity in the United States, 2019-2021

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Benefits of Access to Same-Sex Marriage Are Unambiguously Positive

The State of Health and Health Care for LGBTQ+ Veterans

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Intersectional HIV Stigma in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean: Insights and Pathways Forward – A Scoping Review

Sexual Orientation, Entrepreneurship, and Firm Survival

Age Profiles of Suicide Attempt Among Sexual Minority Adolescents

Anti-Discrimination Laws and Mental Health: Evidence from Sexual Minorities

Meeting the Needs of Queer Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Recommendations Relevant to Programs Funded by the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act in Los Angeles County

Interventions for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: Taking Stock of the Available Evidence

Interventions for Gender Dysphoria and Related Health Problems in Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: A Systematic Review of Benefits and Risks to Inform Practice, Policy, and Research

RAND Review: November-December 2024

Assessing Narrative Patterns in Health Access, Outcomes, and Behaviors Across Three Data Sets From England, the United States, and California for Sexual Minority Adults

Access to Gender-Affirming Care and Transgender Mental Health: Evidence from Medicaid Coverage

Sexual Orientation Based Health Disparities in Chile

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Mental Health by Gender Identity in the United States, 2019-2021

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