Underage Teen Sex: Is a Girl Being Prosecuted for Being Gay?
Teen romance is tough enough when you’re not accused of breaking the law. Bu that’s exactly the predicament Kaitlyn Hunt, a high school senior from Sebastian, Fla., finds herself in. Hunt, 18, was arrested Feb. 16 for dating her girlfriend, who was 14 when the alleged crime was committed. She’s charged with lewd and lascivious [...]
Mental health groups point finger at churches
Beyondblue and other mental health groups say Australia’s Christian leaders should be doing more to reduce high rates of suicide and self-harm among gay and lesbian parishioners, and criticised attempts to ”cure” homosexuals. The national depression agency’s chief executive, Kate Carnell, wants churches to take responsibility for the damage caused when gay members are rejected [...]
Preventing suicide among gender and sexual minorities
Gender and sexual minorities are known to be at high risk of suicide. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and intersex (LGBTI) people were recognised as being specific high-risk groups for suicide in a 2010 senate committee report. While every suicide may not be preventable, a focus on the particular associated predictive factors may help. Transgender individuals [...]
Bullying: For Gay and Lesbian Teens, Does Life Get Better After School?
Peter Glass / Photolibrary / Getty Images Two years ago, columnist and Seattle gay-rights advocate Dan Savage launched the “It Gets Better” project on YouTube. In reassuring video clips, adults promised homosexual kids — who are bullied and attempt suicide more than their straight peers — that life would get easier once they finished high [...]
Mary Ann Liebert to launch new LGBT Health journal
Over 4 million adults in the United States identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual and approximately 700,000 identify as transgender. An NIH-sponsored investigation by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that the health status and healthcare needs of this sizable population are poorly understood and likely inadequately met. A journal is urgently needed to support, [...]
Coming out of the closet helps reduce depressive symptoms and allostatic load
Lesbians, gays and bisexuals (LGBs) who are out to others have lower stress hormone levels and fewer symptoms of anxiety, depression, and burnout, according to researchers at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS) at Louis H. Lafontaine Hospital, affiliated with the University of Montreal. Cortisol is a stress hormone in our body. When [...]
Researcher presents proposals designed to address affective-sexual diversity
How are non-heterosexual people affected by discrimination endured in the school environment due to their affective-sexual orientation? This question was the starting point in the PhD thesis produced by the researcher Aitor Martxueta. The thesis is entitled “Claves para atender a la diversidad afectivo-sexual en el contexto educativo” (Keys to addressing affective-sexual diversity in the [...]
Gay men haunted by old convictions
Noel Tovey says parties were spoken about in whispers to avoid police attention. Photo: Eddie Jim MUCH has changed since Noel Tovey was convicted of having gay sex more than 60 years ago. The prison he was sent to has closed. The law that made sexual activity between men a crime no longer exists. But [...]
Bisexual men more likely to conceal their sexual orientation
Bisexual men are less likely to disclose and more likely to conceal their sexual orientation than gay men. In the first study to look at the mental health of this population, researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that greater concealment of homosexual behavior was associated with more symptoms of depression and [...]
Study finds lesbian women more likely to drink to excess
Can excessive drinking lead to depression and anxiety? Photo: Thinkstock Source: news.com.au A STUDY has found lesbian women are more likely to drink excessively and experience symptoms of depression and anxiety. The study, by the University of Melbourne, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre and Monash University, is looking at the correlation between excessive drinking, [...]
