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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Sissies, Mama's Boys, and Tomboys: Is Children's Gender Nonconformity More Acceptable When Nonconforming Traits Are Positive?
The evaluation of gender
nonconformity in children was examined in two studies. In Study 1, 48 young
adults evaluated the positivity of culturally popular labels for gender
nonconformity, including "tomboy," "sissy," and two new
labels generated in a pilot study, "mama's boy" and "brat."
The "mama's boy" was described as a boy who has positive feminine
traits (gentle and well-mannered) as opposed to the "sissy" who was
described as having negative feminine traits (crying and easily frightened).
In
Study 2, 161 young adults read descriptions of gender-typical and nonconforming
children, evaluating them in several domains. The label "mama's boy"
was considered negative in Study 1 but an unlabeled positive nonconforming boy
was rated as likable and competent in Study 2. However, participants worried
about nonconforming boys, saying they would encourage them to behave
differently and describing such children with derogatory sexual orientation
slurs. "Tomboy" was generally considered a positive label in Study 1.
In Study 2, gender nonconforming girls were considered neither likable nor
dislikeable, and neither competent nor incompetent, reflecting ambivalence
about girls' nonconformity. It may be that we use gender nonconformity labels
as indicators of sexual orientation, even in young children. Therefore, even
when an individual displays objectively positive traits, the stigma associated
with homosexuality taints judgments about their nonconforming behavior.
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By: Coyle EF1, Fulcher M2, Trübutschek D3,4,5.
- 1Department of Psychology, Beloit College, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI, 53511, USA. emilyfcoyle@gmail.com.
- 2Department of Psychology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, USA.
- 3Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, CEA DSV/I2BM, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin Center, Gif/Yvette, France.
- 4Ecole des Neurosciences de Paris Ile-de-France, Paris, France.
- 5Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
- Arch Sex Behav. 2016 Mar 7.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Scrutinizing Immutability: Research on Sexual Orientation and U.S. Legal Advocacy for Sexual Minorities
We review scientific research
and legal authorities to argue that the immutability of sexual orientation
should no longer be invoked as a foundation for the rights of individuals with
same-sex attractions and relationships (i.e., sexual minorities).
On the basis of scientific research as well as U.S. legal rulings regarding lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) rights, we make three claims:
On the basis of scientific research as well as U.S. legal rulings regarding lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) rights, we make three claims:
- First, arguments based on the immutability of sexual orientation are unscientific, given what we now know from longitudinal, population-based studies of naturally occurring changes in the same-sex attractions of some individuals over time.
- Second, arguments based on the immutability of sexual orientation are unnecessary, in light of U.S. legal decisions in which courts have used grounds other than immutability to protect the rights of sexual minorities.
- Third, arguments about the immutability of sexual orientation are unjust, because they imply that same-sex attractions are inferior to other-sex attractions, and because they privilege sexual minorities who experience their sexuality as fixed over those who experience their sexuality as fluid.
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By: Diamond LM1, J Rosky C2.
- 1 Department of Psychology , University of Utah.
- 2 S. J. Quinney College of Law , University of Utah.
- J Sex Res. 2016 Mar 17:1-29.
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Place Matters: Contextualizing the Roles of Religion & Race for Understanding Americans' Attitudes About Homosexuality
As laws and policies related
to homosexuality have evolved, Americans' attitudes have also changed. Race and
religion have been established as important indicators of feelings about
homosexuality. However, researchers have given almost no attention to how
county characteristics shape Americans' attitudes.
Using Hierarchical Linear
Modeling techniques, we examine how personal characteristics and the religious
and racial context of a county shape feelings about homosexuality drawing on
data from the American National Election Survey and information about where
respondents reside.
We find that African Americans initially appear less
tolerant than other racial groups, until we account for the geographical
distribution of attitudes across the nation.
Additionally, once we consider
religious involvement, strength of belief, and religious affiliation African
Americans appear to have warmer feelings about homosexuality than whites.
Drawing on the moral communities' hypothesis, we also find that the strength of
religiosity amongst county residents heightens the influence of personal
religious beliefs on disapproving attitudes.
There is also a direct effect of
the proportion conservative Protestant, whereby people of all faiths have
cooler attitudes towards homosexual individuals when they reside in a county
with a higher proportion of conservative Protestants.
Finally, we do not find
any evidence for an African American cultural influence on attitudes.
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By: Adamczyk A1, Boyd KA2, Hayes BE3.
- 1John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA. Electronic address: AAdamczyk@jjay.cuny.edu.
- 2Department of Sociology, Philosophy, and Anthropology, The University of Exeter, UK.
- 3Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Sam Houston State University, USA.
- Soc Sci Res. 2016 May;57:1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.02.001. Epub 2016 Feb 8.
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Trajectories of Dating Violence: Differences by Sexual Minority Status & Gender
The purpose of this study was
to examine how sexual minority status (as assessed using both identity and
behavior) was associated with trajectories of dating violence.
University students from a large Southwestern university completed questions on their sexual minority identity, the gender of their sexual partners, and about experiences of dating violence for six consecutive semesters (N = 1942). Latent growth curve modeling indicated that generally, trajectories of dating violence were stable across study participation.
Sexual minority identity was associated with higher initial levels of dating violence at baseline, but also with greater decreases in dating violence across time. These differences were mediated by number of sexual partners. Having same and other-sex sexual partners was associated with higher levels of dating violence at baseline, and persisted in being associated with higher levels over time.
No significant gender difference was observed regarding trajectories of dating violence.
University students from a large Southwestern university completed questions on their sexual minority identity, the gender of their sexual partners, and about experiences of dating violence for six consecutive semesters (N = 1942). Latent growth curve modeling indicated that generally, trajectories of dating violence were stable across study participation.
Sexual minority identity was associated with higher initial levels of dating violence at baseline, but also with greater decreases in dating violence across time. These differences were mediated by number of sexual partners. Having same and other-sex sexual partners was associated with higher levels of dating violence at baseline, and persisted in being associated with higher levels over time.
No significant gender difference was observed regarding trajectories of dating violence.
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By: Martin-Storey A1, Fromme K2.
- 1Département de Psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke, Pavillon A7, 2500 Boul. De L'Université, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada. Electronic address: alexa.martin@gmail.com.
- 2Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 108 E Dean Keeton Stop A8000, Austin, TX 87812-1043, USA.
- J Adolesc. 2016 Mar 16;49:28-37. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.02.008.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016
The National LGBT Cancer Action Plan: A White Paper of the 2014 National Summit on Cancer in the LGBT Communities
Despite growing social
acceptance of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender (LGBT) persons and
the extension of marriage rights for same-sex couples, LGBT persons experience
stigma and discrimination, including within the healthcare system.
Each population within the LGBT umbrella term is likely at elevated risk for cancer due to prevalent, significant cancer risk factors, such as tobacco use and human immunodeficiency virus infection; however, cancer incidence and mortality data among LGBT persons are lacking. This absence of cancer incidence data impedes research and policy development, LGBT communities' awareness and activation, and interventions to address cancer disparities.
In this context, in 2014, a 2-day National Summit on Cancer in the LGBT Communities was convened by a planning committee for the purpose of accelerating progress in identifying and addressing the LGBT communities' concerns and needs in the spheres of cancer research, clinical cancer care, healthcare policy, and advocacy for cancer survivorship and LGBT health equity.
Summit participants were 56 invited persons from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, representatives of diverse identities, experiences, and knowledge about LGBT communities and cancer. Participants shared lessons learned and identified gaps and remedies regarding LGBT cancer concerns across the cancer care continuum from prevention to survivorship.
This white paper presents background on each of the Summit themes and 16 recommendations covering the following: sexual orientation and gender identity data collection in national and state health surveys and research on LGBT communities and cancer, the clinical care of LGBT persons, and the education and training of healthcare providers...
Each population within the LGBT umbrella term is likely at elevated risk for cancer due to prevalent, significant cancer risk factors, such as tobacco use and human immunodeficiency virus infection; however, cancer incidence and mortality data among LGBT persons are lacking. This absence of cancer incidence data impedes research and policy development, LGBT communities' awareness and activation, and interventions to address cancer disparities.
In this context, in 2014, a 2-day National Summit on Cancer in the LGBT Communities was convened by a planning committee for the purpose of accelerating progress in identifying and addressing the LGBT communities' concerns and needs in the spheres of cancer research, clinical cancer care, healthcare policy, and advocacy for cancer survivorship and LGBT health equity.
Summit participants were 56 invited persons from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, representatives of diverse identities, experiences, and knowledge about LGBT communities and cancer. Participants shared lessons learned and identified gaps and remedies regarding LGBT cancer concerns across the cancer care continuum from prevention to survivorship.
This white paper presents background on each of the Summit themes and 16 recommendations covering the following: sexual orientation and gender identity data collection in national and state health surveys and research on LGBT communities and cancer, the clinical care of LGBT persons, and the education and training of healthcare providers...
Recommendations
- Add SOGI questions to all national health surveys and promote SOGI data collection in diverse healthcare settings so as to better understand psychosocial, behavioral, and medical risk factors that can increase LGBT persons' cancer risk and to examine health outcomes and disparities in each LGBT community.
- Organize stakeholders and promote education within the NIH and its institutes, centers, and offices, and in particular the NCI, about the health and cancer needs of LGBT communities to arm with facts and sensitize decision-makers who help set scientific and funding priorities.
- Overcome the gap in financial support of research to develop and test cancer prevention and control interventions targeted and tailored to LGBT communities by issuing research funding opportunities specific to the population.
- Increase the amount of federal funding dedicated to LGBT cancer research. Furthermore, assure that career development and training grants for under-represented populations in the workforce include those identifying as LGBT and with potential for conducting high-quality cancer research with LGBT communities.i
- Address the absence of SEER cancer registry data on SOGI. SEER should consider partnering with cancer researchers to pilot test such an effort, perhaps within a region or state, to identify and overcome barriers to standard collection of SOGI data.
- Recognize intersectionality within the LGBT communities when conducting cancer research by assessing and examining the impact of SOGI, race, ethnicity, class, disability/ability, and other sociodemographic factors on cancer outcomes across the cancer care continuum.
- Increase research to document elevated cancer risks and cancer screening disparities in LGBT communities.
- Develop psychosocial and educational support groups specifically for LGBT survivors and caregivers, and when this is not feasible, assure the cultural competence of professional support service providers to better meet the needs of LGBT communities.
- Improve care coordination for LGBT patients, survivors, and caregivers through the integration of LGBT community resources. These resources include culturally competent oncologists, primary care and specialty physicians, mental health providers, and other professional providers.
- Educate healthcare providers about the unique cooccurring conditions that LGBT cancer patients may present in their care settings.
- Ensure that palliative and end-of-life care addresses the specific legal and psychosocial needs of LGBT communities.
- Support efforts to increase insurance coverage for LGBT communities, with a focus on the transition and cancer care needs of transgender communities.
- Develop accreditation agency standards for the provision of culturally competent care to LGBT people and to assure professional training in LGBT cultural competence and health for providers of primary care, cancer screening and treatment, and cancer survivorship healthcare both during their academic training and for those already working in the field. This can be best accomplished by working with LGBT-focused organizations and other content experts in these areas.
- Educate LGBT communities about their increased cancer risks and the importance of appropriate cancer screening and early detection through outreach by cancer experts through tailored lectures, print materials, internet content, mass media messaging, and other means that will effectively engage the community.
- Increase representation of LGBT persons in leadership positions and throughout the workforce. The workforce pipeline draws from many streams, but for there to be greater LGBT representation at all levels of the cancer healthcare continuum and in health policy and research, efforts are needed to welcome, include, and develop the potential of LGBT persons within the under-represented populations in the workforce. This will entail collecting SOGI data to track the effectiveness of such efforts, as well as targeting for recruitment of LGBT-identified persons in academic and training programs and assuring that they will experience LGBT-affirmative environments and mentoring opportunities in their new settings.
- Initiate a comprehensive effort to identify and modify healthcare organization policies that are not inclusive or pose barriers to patient-centered cancer care for LGBT persons. These policies may range from how to manage the comfort and confidentiality of transgender patients presenting for cancer screening based on gender-specific anatomy to providing culturally sensitive psychosocial support for LGBT cancer survivors. Systemic changes promoting equity in LGBT cancer care are more likely to be implemented when an independent prestigious organization advocates such changes and more so when mandated by an accrediting or certifying organization. Furthermore, by instituting collaborations with LGBT advocacy and professional groups, healthcare organizations can establish a lifeline when addressing internal LGBT-related policies, procedures, and patient concerns.
By: Jack E. Burkhalter, PhD,
1,* Liz Margolies, LCSW,2,* Hrafn Oli Sigurdsson, PhD, NP, PMHNP-BC,3 Jonathan Walland, LLB,4 Asa Radix, MD, MPH,5 David Rice, RN, PhD,6 Francisco O. Buchting, PhD,7 Nelson F. Sanchez, MD,8 Michael G. Bare, MPH,9 Ulrike Boehmer, PhD,10 Sean Cahill, PhD,11 Tomas L. Griebling, MD, MPH,12 Diane Bruessow, PA-C, DFAAPA,13 and Shail Maingi, MD14
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
2National LGBT Cancer Network, New York,
New York.
3Nursing Professional Development, Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
4The Office of General Counsel, Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
5Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, New
York, New York.
6City of Hope, Duarte, California.
7Buchting Consulting, Oakland, California;
Horizons Foundation, San Francisco, California.
8Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
9Grassroots Change, Oakland, California.
10Department of Community Health Sciences,
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
11The Fenway Institute, Boston,
Massachusetts.
12Department of Urology, School of Medicine,
University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas.
13Healthy Transitions, LLC, Stirling, New
Jersey.
14St. Peter's Health Partners Cancer Care,
Troy, New York.
*Cofirst authors.
Address
correspondence to:, Jack E. Burkhalter, PhD, Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022,
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Monday, March 21, 2016
Barriers to Health Care among Adults Identifying as Sexual Minorities: A US National Study
OBJECTIVES:
METHODS:
RESULTS:
- gay or lesbian and bisexual adults had higher odds of delaying or not receiving care because of cost.
- Bisexual adults had higher odds of delaying care for noncost reasons,
- and gay men had higher odds than straight men of reporting trouble finding a provider.
- Bisexual women had higher odds than gay or lesbian women of reporting 3 of the 5 barriers investigated.
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By: Dahlhamer JM1, Galinsky AM1, Joestl SS1, Ward BW1.
1The authors are with the National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD
Am J Public Health. 2016 Mar 17:e1-e7.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Adaptation to Parental Gender Transition: Stress and Resilience among Transgender Parents
Little is known about
transgender parents and how they have negotiated their gender transition,
referred to here as Parental Gender Transition (PGT), and subsequent stressors.
This study addressed this gap using an adapted version of the ABC-X model and
Family Stress Theory.
The family functioning of 73 transgender parents (72.2 % born male, 25.0 % born female, and 2.8 % other, e.g., intersex), who transitioned after they had children, was examined in regard to the potential stresses associated with PGT (impact of disclosure, stigma, and boundary ambiguity), resources available to transitioning parents (social support and coping), and perception (sense of coherence and perceptions of PGT).
Hierarchical multiple regression and path analysis were then conducted to determine if resources and perception altered the relationship between stress and family functioning. Findings from these transgender parents indicated an ameliorating role of sense of coherence, or the perception that they can handle the situation, on the relationship between stigma and family functioning, but not between boundary ambiguity, or confusion regarding who is in the family system, and family functioning.
This suggests one avenue for professionals to intervene and help families through PGT. However, it also indicates the need for further research to determine ways to mitigate the impact of boundary ambiguity on family functioning.
The family functioning of 73 transgender parents (72.2 % born male, 25.0 % born female, and 2.8 % other, e.g., intersex), who transitioned after they had children, was examined in regard to the potential stresses associated with PGT (impact of disclosure, stigma, and boundary ambiguity), resources available to transitioning parents (social support and coping), and perception (sense of coherence and perceptions of PGT).
Hierarchical multiple regression and path analysis were then conducted to determine if resources and perception altered the relationship between stress and family functioning. Findings from these transgender parents indicated an ameliorating role of sense of coherence, or the perception that they can handle the situation, on the relationship between stigma and family functioning, but not between boundary ambiguity, or confusion regarding who is in the family system, and family functioning.
This suggests one avenue for professionals to intervene and help families through PGT. However, it also indicates the need for further research to determine ways to mitigate the impact of boundary ambiguity on family functioning.
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By: Veldorale-Griffin A1, Darling CA2.
- 1The Family Alliance, LLC, 4090 Deltona Blvd, Spring Hill, FL, 34606, USA. thefamilyalliance@gmail.com.
- 2Faculty of Family and Child Sciences, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
- Arch Sex Behav. 2016 Apr;45(3):607-17. doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0657-3. Epub 2016 Jan 12.
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Measuring Implicit Sexual Response Biases to Nude Male and Female Pictures in Androphilic and Gynephilic Men
Snowden, Wichter, and Gray
(2008) demonstrated that an Implicit Association Test and a Priming Task both
predicted the sexual orientation of gynephilic and androphilic men in terms of
their attraction biases towards pictures of nude males and females. For both
measures, relative bias scores were obtained, with no information on the
separate response biases to each target gender.
The present study sought to
extend this research by assessing both relative and individual implicit biases
using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP). An explicit measure
screened for men with androphilic (n = 16) or gynephilic
(n = 16) orientations on the dimensions of "sexual
attraction," "sexual behavior," "sexual fantasies,"
"hetero/gay lifestyle," and "self identification." The IRAP
involved responding "True" or "False" to pictures of nude
males and females as either attractive or unattractive. Participants were
required to respond in a manner consistent with their reported sexual
orientation for half of the IRAP's test blocks and inconsistent for the other
half. Response latencies were recorded and analyzed.
The IRAP revealed a
non-orthogonal pattern of biases across the two groups and had an excellent
ability to predict sexual orientation with areas under the curves of 1.0 for
the relative bias score and .94 and .95 for the bias scores for the male and
female pictures, respectively. Correlations between the IRAP and explicit
measures of sexual orientation were consistently high. The findings support the
IRAP as a potentially valuable tool in the study of sexual preferences.
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By: Timmins L1, Barnes-Holmes D2, Cullen C3.
- 1Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, 5th Floor, Bermondsey Wing, Guy's Hospital Campus, London, SE1 9RT, UK. liam.timmins@kcl.ac.uk.
- 2Department of Experimental, Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
- 3School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.
- Arch Sex Behav. 2016 Mar 14.
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Saturday, March 12, 2016
Associations Between LGBTQ-Affirmative School Climate & Adolescent Drinking Behaviors
BACKGROUND:
METHODS:
RESULTS:
CONCLUSIONS:
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By: Coulter RW1, Birkett M2, Corliss HL3, Hatzenbuehler ML4, Mustanski B2, Stall RD5.
- 1Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States; Center for LGBT Health Research, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States. Electronic address: Robert.ws.coulter@pitt.edu.
- 2Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.
- 3Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, United States.
- 4Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States.
- 5Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States; Center for LGBT Health Research, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
- Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Feb 23. pii: S0376-8716(16)00097-1. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.02.022
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Miss Diamond: LGBTQ Rights in the Justice System
Miss Diamond's journey was long and her journey was hard,
but according to Ms. Diamond, "I didn’t want to die pretending, I didn’t
want to die living for everybody else. I wanted to die being happy."
In a world that constantly asserts that transgender people
are garbage, those transphobic messages are deeply ingrained and have
devastating impacts.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Qualitative Study of Cervical Cancer Screening among Lesbian and Bisexual Women and Transgender Men
BACKGROUND:
OBJECTIVE:
METHODS:
RESULTS:
CONCLUSIONS:
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE:
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By: Johnson MJ1, Nemeth LS, Mueller M, Eliason MJ, Stuart GW.
- 1Author Affiliations: College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Dr Johnson); College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (Drs Nemeth, Mueller, and Stuart); and Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, California (Dr Eliason).
- Cancer Nurs. 2016 Feb 8.
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