Until the 1980s, the limited research on alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among sexual
minority women (SMW) focused on alcohol and used samples recruited from gay bars …

We conducted a multilevel meta-analysis of 390 effect sizes from 167 studies with 157,923
participants examining the relationship between connectedness with lesbian, gay, bisexual …

Objective: Sexual and gender minority individuals assigned female at birth (SGM-AFAB) are
at increased risk for anxiety, depression, and substance use and problems compared with …

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults are at elevated risk of problematic substance
use. While understanding substance use disparities in TGD youth is crucial for informing …

Background Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use are among the most prevalent and
important health disparities affecting sexual and gender minority (SGM; eg, lesbian, gay …

In the midst of the current coronavirus pandemic, the United States continues to struggle with
an ongoing opioid epidemic, initially fueled by widespread prescribing of opioid medications …

Adolescence is a developmental stage defined in part by risk-taking. Risk-taking is critical to
normal development and has important benefits including trying new activities and exploring …

PURPOSE Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people are at heightened risk for alcohol use,
hazardous drinking, and alcohol use disorder compared to heterosexual and cisgender …

Purpose Gender minority (GM) adolescents, who have a different gender identity than their
sex assigned at birth, may use substances as a coping strategy in response to GM-related …

Purpose: Research on opioid misuse, opioid use disorder (OUD), and overdose (ie, opioid
outcomes) among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other populations within …