Health disparities in one of the world's most progressive countries: a scoping review of mental health and substance use among sexual and gender minority people in …

TL Hughes, L Bochicchio, L Drabble, M Muntinga… - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Background Evidence from many parts of the world shows that sexual and gender minority
(SGM) people have poorer health than their cisgender heterosexual counterparts. Minority …

Disparities in mortality by sexual orientation in a large, prospective cohort of female nurses

S McKetta, T Hoatson, LD Hughes, BG Everett… - JAMA, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Extensive evidence documents health disparities for lesbian, gay, and bisexual
(LGB) women, including worse physical, mental, and behavioral health than heterosexual …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in research with bisexual women

N Hayfield - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
This article is organised into sections that explore three key themes. The first is overarching
and cuts across the literature, where within recent bisexuality research there has been …

Increases in LGB identification among US adults, 2014–2021

JM Twenge, BE Wells, J Le - Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Accurate population estimates of trends in sexual identity groups are important
for understanding cultural change, the range of diversity in sexual orientation, and health …

Experiences of discrimination, mental health, and substance use among bisexual young adults

SA Smout, EG Benotsch - Journal of Bisexuality, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research suggests that experiences of anti-bisexual discrimination, otherwise known as
biphobia, contributes to increased risk for mental health and substance use problems for …

Dimensions of binegativity differentially predict drinking to cope motivations and alcohol use severity among bisexual women.

CT Schulz, AL Stamates, SJ Ehlke… - Experimental and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Research indicates that bisexual women experience greater stigmatization and
discrimination compared to lesbian women. Such oppression is described as binegativity …

Childhood sexual abuse, adult sexual assault, revictimization, and coping among sexual minority women

M Xu, T Corbeil, L Bochicchio, JR Scheer, M Wall… - Child Abuse & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Compared with heterosexual women, sexual minority women experience
higher rates and greater severity of sexual victimization. Little is known about how childhood …

Disparities in alcohol-and substance-related hospitalizations and deaths across sexual orientations in Canada: a longitudinal study

GJ Dusing, C Kim, A Nielsen, A Chum - Public health, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives We aim to quantify disparities in substance-related acute events (ie
hospitalizations and deaths for substances, including alcohol, cannabis, opioids, narcotics …

Normative Perceptions of Sexual Behavior and Alcohol Use among Bisexual Women

SM Todaro, CT Schulz, M Rothstein… - Substance Use & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background: As compared to heterosexual and lesbian women, bisexual women report
higher rates of alcohol, other substance use, and risky sexual behavior, and they experience …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the differential protective effects of women's spirituality and religiosity on alcohol and marijuana use by sexual identity

LA Drabble, AA Mericle, C Munroe, A Cerezo… - Addictive Behaviors …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study explored how religiosity and spirituality may differentially influence
substance use by sexual identity based on a sample of adult sexual minority women (SMW; …