LGBTQ+Health

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Summary

Members of the LGBTQ+ community include people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning, plus those who have other gender identities and orientations. On this page you'll find information about health issues that are specific to the LGBTQ+ community.

Start Here

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Top Health Issues for LGBT Populations (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - PDF

Related Issues

• Answers to Your Questions about Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity (American Psychological Association) - PDF Also in Spanish
• Answers to Your Questions for a Better Understanding of Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality (American Psychological Association) - PDF Also in Spanish
• Counseling Issues for Gay Men and Lesbians Seeking Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) - PDF Also in Spanish
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Health: Stigma and Discrimination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons and Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Ten Things Transgender Persons Should Discuss with Their Health Care Provider (Gay and Lesbian Medical Association)
• Transgender Health (Hormone Health Network)

Statistics and Research

• Health Disparities Among LGBTQ Youth (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• HIV among African American Gay and Bisexual Men (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• HIV among Gay and Bisexual Men (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• HIV among Transgender People (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Bisexuality (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Homosexuality (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Homosexuality, Female (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Transgender Persons (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Hormonal Gender Reassignment Treatment for Gender Dysphoria.
• Article: Sexual Orientation Disparities in Risk Factors for Adverse COVID-19-Related Outcomes, by...
• Article: Population-based HIV prevalence, stigma and HIV risk among trans women in...
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Find an Expert

• Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
• LGBT Health Clinics by State and City (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Children

• Bullying and LGBTQ Youth (Department of Health and Human Services) Also in Spanish
• Gender Identity Development in Children (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• Sexual Orientation (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Teenagers

• Coming Out (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Health Concerns for Gay and Lesbian Teens (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• LGBT Youth (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Men

• Cancer Facts for Gay and Bisexual Men (American Cancer Society)
• Health Issues for Gay Men: Prevention First (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Syphilis and MSM (Men Who Have Sex with Men) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
• Ten Things Gay Men Should Discuss with Their Health Care Provider (Gay and Lesbian Medical Association)
• Viral Hepatitis: Information for Gay and Bisexual Men (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
• What Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Need to Know about Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish

Women

• Cancer Facts for Lesbians and Bisexual Women (American Cancer Society)
• Health Issues for Lesbians: Prevention First (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Ten Things Lesbians Should Discuss with Their Health Care Provider (Gay and Lesbian Medical Association)

Patient Handouts

• Syphilis and MSM (Men Who Have Sex with Men) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF