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Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

Journal Article

Journal Article

Psychosocial Health Disparities Among Black Bisexual Men in the U.S.: Effects of Sexuality Nondisclosure and Gay Community Support

Compared with Black gay men, Black bisexual men experience significant psychosocial health disparities; interventions to decrease biphobia could improve sexual minority community support for these men.

Jun 1, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Longitudinal Relationships Between Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence and Discrimination Due to HIV-serostatus, Race, and Sexual Orientation Among African-American Men with HIV

Sexual orientation, HIV-serostatus, and racial discrimination all reduce treatment adherence among African American men, but racial discrimination has the most powerful effect.

Oct 18, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Conspiracy Beliefs About HIV Are Related to Antiretroviral Treatment Nonadherence Among African American Men with HIV

HIV conspiracy theories among African Americans are neither rare nor extreme, and they discourage individuals who need HIV care from adhering to treatment.

Oct 13, 2016
Commentary

Revisiting Restrictions on Blood Donations from Gay and Bisexual Men

The FDA does not accept blood from male donors who have had sex with a man in the last 12 months. Is this restriction supported by scientific evidence? Or, is it related to lingering stigma and discrimination related to HIV/AIDS?

Jul 5, 2016
Announcement

RAND Receives AAPOR Policy Impact Award for DADT Survey

The American Association for Public Opinion Research presented RAND with the 2011 Policy Impact Award to honor survey research that had a clear impact on informing the decision to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

May 19, 2011
Periodical

Periodical

RAND Review: Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 2011

Stories discuss gays in the military, police recruitment, home health care, breast cancer, health insurance exchanges, alternative fuels, refinery taxes, alcohol prices, outer space debris, mental illness, diplomatic trends, and health care costs.

Apr 29, 2011
Report

Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy Revisited

In advance of the repeal of the law known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense requested that RAND update its 1993 study and analysis of sexual orientation among U.S. military personnel.

Nov 18, 2010
Report

Report

Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: Options and Assessment

This report presents the RAND study that resulted from a request to assist the Secretary of Defense in drafting an Executive Order to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Jan 1, 1993
Content

Content

Sierra Smucker

Associate Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in public policy, Duke University; M.Sc. in social policy, London School of Economics
Periodical

Periodical

RAND Review: Spring 2011

Stories discuss gays in the military, police recruitment, home health care, breast cancer, health insurance exchanges, alternative fuels, refinery taxes, alcohol prices, outer space debris, mental illness, diplomatic trends, and health care costs.
Periodical

Periodical

Gays in the Military

RAND revisits its 1993 report on Don't Ask, Don't Tell; a policy which precluded homosexual men and women from serving in the U.S. armed forces if they revealed their sexuality. The updated conclusions reveal the US may be ready to have openly gay people serve in its military.