Mar 16, 2023 · An earlier version of this essay was written as an appendix for a lesson plan for high school psychology teachers called The Psychology of Sexual Orientation: A modular lesson plan/teaching resource for high school psychology teachers (login required).

Nov 19, 2024 · US President-elect Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric concerning the rights of LGBT people is nothing new. His first term gives us a glimpse of what we can likely expect to see this time around.

Feb 3, 2025 · People around the world face violence and inequality—and sometimes torture, even execution—because of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientation and gender identity are ...

LGBTQ+ health and civil rights APA Services advocates for the equal treatment of people of all sexual orientations and genders, as well as policies that address disparities in health outcomes for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

LGBTQ+ youth experience more negative sexual health outcomes, which sex education seeks to mitigate. LGBTQ+ youth are more likely than their heterosexual and cisgender peers to engage in risky sexual activities such as having a younger age at first intercourse and multiple partners (Bodnar & Tornello, 2019; Institute of Medicine, 2011).

Jan 1, 2024 · Anti-LGBTQ+ policies are having a similarly dire impact on well-being in the LGBTQ+ community, especially among youth. In Florida, for example, the state’s Board of Education declared that the material on sexual orientation and gender identity within the Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology course violated state law (see Education under siege ...

A Clockwork Lavender: Sexology, Psychology and the LGBTQ+ Community Investigates scientific understandings about sexual orientation and gender identity over the course of the 20th century, spotlighting the researchers and activists whose work had a profound impact on the lives of countless LGBTQ+ individuals.

Jun 23, 2023 · Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni claimed that the passage of extreme anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that includes the death penalty for repeat offenders is an anti-imperialist gesture. And an ...

25%. The percentage of LGBQ teens who reported having attempted suicide in the past year, compared with 6 percent of heterosexual teens.

Jun 29, 2023 · LGBTQ+ youth of color reported higher rates than White peers. The report surveyed more than 18,000 LGBTQ+ young people aged 13 to 24 across the United States. The same survey found 50% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it. Mental health experts back up these findings.