LGBTQIA+ Health

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Summary

Members of the LGBTQIA+ community include people who are:

• Lesbian
• Gay
• Bisexual
• Transgender
• Queer or Questioning
• Intersex
• Asexual
• Elsewhere on the gender and sexuality spectrum or allies to the community

On this page you'll find information about health issues that are specific to the LGBTQIA+ community.

Start Here

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• LGBTQ+ Key Terms and Concepts (Department of Health and Human Services)
• Top Health Issues for LGBT Populations (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - PDF

Related Issues

• Answers to Your Questions about Transgender People, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (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 to Discuss with Gay Men and Lesbians Seeking Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) - PDF
• Gay and Bisexual Men's Health: Stigma and Discrimination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• LGBTQ+ People and Commercial Tobacco: Health Disparities and Ways to Advance Health Equity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Ten Things Transgender Persons Should Discuss with Their Health Care Provider (GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality)

Statistics and Research

• Health Disparities among LGBTQ Youth (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• HIV and African American Gay and Bisexual Men (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• HIV and All Gay and Bisexual Men (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• HIV and Transgender People (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
• Youth Topics: LGBT (Department of Health and Human Services)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Sexual and Gender Minorities (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: Mindfulness-Based Mobile Health to Address Unhealthy Eating Among Middle-Aged Sexual Minority...
• Article: Early Access to Testosterone Therapy in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adults Seeking...
• Article: Using HIV Risk Self-Assessment Tools to Increase HIV Testing in Men...
• LGBTQIA+ Health -- see more articles

Find an Expert

• GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
• LGBT Health Clinics by State and City (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Children

• Bullying and LGBTQI+ Youth (Department of Health and Human Services) Also in Spanish
• Gender Identity Development in Children (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• Gender-Diverse & Transgender Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Sexual Orientation (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents (Endocrine Society)

Teenagers

• Coming Out (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Health Concerns for Gay and Lesbian Teens (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• LGBTQ+ Youth (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Sexual Attraction and Orientation (For Teens) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents (Endocrine Society)

Men

• Cancer Facts for Gay and Bisexual Men (American Cancer Society)
• Health Issues for Gay Men and Men Who Have Sex with Men (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 (GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality)
• 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 and Women Who Have Sex with Women (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Top Ten Things Lesbians Should Discuss with Their Health Care Provider (GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality)