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How Might Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly Affect the U.S. Military?

Jun 30, 2016

The Department of Defense recently announced that it will allow transgender personnel to serve openly. The number of transgender members will likely be a small fraction of the total force and have minimal impact on readiness and health care costs.
Commentary

Revisiting Restrictions on Blood Donations from Gay and Bisexual Men

Jul 5, 2016

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?

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Using a "Positive Deviance" Framework to Discover Adaptive Risk Reduction Behaviors Among High-Risk HIV Negative Black Men Who Have Sex with Men

Some young black men who have sex with men, otherwise at high risk for HIV infection due to drug use and other behaviors, make strategic decisions that help keep them HIV negative.

Jun 6, 2017
Journal Article

Sexual Minority Students More Likely to Seek Mental Health Services When Needed, but Still Face Barriers to Using Campus Services

College students who belong to sexual minority groups are more likely to seek help for mental health problems than their straight peers, but they still face many barriers to using on-campus mental health services.

Jun 2, 2017
News Release

News Release

College Students Who Belong to Sexual Minority Groups More Likely to Seek Mental Health Services When Needed, but Still ...

College students who belong to sexual minority groups are more likely to seek help for mental health problems than their straight peers, but they still face many barriers to using on-campus mental health services.

May 30, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Construindo Pontes: a Prática Da Interdisciplinaridade. Estudo PopTrans: Um Estudo Com Travestis E Mulheres Transexuais Em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. : Building Bridges: Interdisciplinarity in Practice. PopTrans Study: a Study with Transvestites and Transsexual Women in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil.

This article describes researchers' experience with the implementation and development of an ethno-epidemiological study of trans persons in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil.

Mar 15, 2017
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Journal Article

HIV Prevalence and Demographic Determinants of Condomless Receptive Anal Intercourse Among Trans Feminine Individuals in Beirut, Lebanon

Nearly all of the participants in this study of trans feminine individuals in Lebanon had experienced gender identity discrimination; more than half reported condomless receptive anal intercourse with male partners in the past three months.

Aug 26, 2016
Essay

Transgender Troops: Fit to Serve

The Pentagon's decision to open the ranks to transgender service members was informed by months of RAND research into the costs and numbers involved.

Aug 18, 2016
News Release

News Release

Impact of Transgender Personnel on Readiness and Health Care Costs in the U.S. Military Likely to Be Small

The U.S. Department of Defense has been reviewing its policy that bans transgender personnel from serving openly. If transgender people were allowed to serve openly, the number would likely be a small fraction of the total force and have minimal impact on readiness and health care costs.

Jun 30, 2016
Research Brief

The Implications of Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly

As the U.S. Department of Defense reviews potential changes to its policy on transgender service members, it will need to consider this population's unique health care needs, the potential costs associated with extending coverage for these needs, and the readiness implications of allowing transgender service members to serve openly.

Jun 30, 2016
Commentary

At the 2016 Oscars, Transgender Health Issues Are in the Spotlight

By inviting “The Danish Girl” to Hollywood's most prestigious awards party, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is helping to shine a spotlight on transgender issues — and reflecting a larger cultural moment at the same time.

Feb 26, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Forms of Safety and Their Impact on Health: An Exploration of HIV/AIDS-related Risk and Resilience Among Trans Women in Lebanon

Using minority stress theory, the authors investigated risk behaviors of transgender women (trans women) in Lebanon.

Oct 5, 2015
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Journal Article

Sexual Network Profiles and Risk Factors for STIs Among African American Sexual Minorities in Mississippi: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

This cross-sectional study assessed sexually transmitted infection prevalence, socio-demographic characteristics, substance use, sexual behaviors, and sexual network profiles among African American sexual minorities in Jackson, Mississippi.

Mar 17, 2015
Journal Article

The Time Is Now: Attention Increases to Transgender Health in the United States but Scientific Knowledge Gaps Remain

We conducted a search using PubMed and PsycINFO to identify gaps in empirical, peer-reviewed publications related to adult transgender health in the U.S. between 1981 and 2013.

Mar 17, 2015
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Journal Article

Making the Invisible, Visible: A Cross-Sectional Study of Late Presentation to HIV/AIDS Services Among Men Who Have Sex with Men from a Large Urban Center of Brazil

Late presentation to testing, treatment and continued care has detrimental impacts on the health of HIV-positive individuals as well as their sexual partners' health.

Mar 9, 2015
Commentary

Gay Marriage Gains Support, but It's Still a Partisan Issue

Survey data provides evidence that the majority of American voters support the legalization of gay marriage and think it should be decided at the federal level. Republicans are substantially less likely to support legalization, and lower income, lower educational attainment, being older, and being non-white are significantly associated with lower levels of support.

Dec 29, 2014
News Release

News Release

Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Populations in England Report Poorer Health and Worse Experiences with Health Care

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual women and men in England are more likely to suffer from poor health than the general population and are more likely to report unfavorable experiences with the health care they received in general practices.

Sep 4, 2014
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Journal Article

Structural Stigma and All-Cause Mortality in Sexual Minority Populations

Although prior research has indicated that intrapersonal and interpersonal forms of stigma negatively affect the health of the stigmatized, few studies have addressed the health consequences of exposure to structural forms of stigma.

Feb 1, 2014
Journal Article

Sexual Minorities in England Report Poorer Health and Worse Experiences with Health Care

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual women and men in England are more likely to suffer from poor health than the general population and are more likely to report unfavorable experiences with the health care they received in general practices. They are also two to three times more likely to report having a longstanding psychological or emotional problem than their heterosexual counterparts.

Jan 1, 2014
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Journal Article

Test-and-treat in Los Angeles: A Mathematical Model of the Effects of Test-And-Treat for the Population of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles County

There is evidence to suggest that antiretroviral therapy (ART) and testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reduce the probability of transmission of HIV.

Jun 1, 2013

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RAND Topic:
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations

Topic Synonyms:
GLBT;
Homosexuals