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Childhood Gender Atypicality, Victimization, and PTSD Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth

Youth who were considered gender atypical in childhood reported more victimization and more current mental health symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder was associated with past physical victimization.
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Disclosure of Sexual Orientation, Victimization, and Mental Health Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Older Adults

This study examined the lifetime victimization based on sexual orientation of 416 lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) older adults aged 60 or older. Participants reported the ages at which they were…
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Transgender youth and life-threatening behaviors.

Sexual minority status is a key risk factor for suicide among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth; however, it has not been studied among transgender youth. Fifty-five transgender youth reported on…
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Parents’ awareness of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths’ sexual orientation

This study used a sample of 293 lesbian gay and bisexual youth to examine factors that differentiated youth whose parents knew of their sexual orientation from youth whose parents did not know.…
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Social support networks of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults 60 years of age and older.

The more satisfied respondents felt with the support they received, the less lonely they felt and those living with domestic partners were less lonely and rated their physical and mental health more positively than those who lived alone.
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Relationship Trajectories and Psychological Well-Being Among Sexual Minority Youth

Multivariate regression analyses suggest that involvement in a SSR was positively associated with changes in self-esteem in males, and negatively correlated withChanges in internalized homophobia in females, and the implications for positive development in sexual minority adolescent populations.
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Minority stress and mechanisms of risk for depression and suicidal ideation among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth.

The results suggest that feeling like a burden to "people in their lives" is a critical mechanism in explaining higher levels of depression and suicidal ideation among LGB youth, and have implications for community and social support groups.
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Transgender Youth

Three focus groups were designed to probe transgender youths' experiences of vulnerability in the areas of health and mental health, which involved their exposure to risks, discrimination, marginalization, and their access to supportive resources.
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Aspects of mental health among older lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults

Examination of aspects of mental health among 416 lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults aged 60 to 91 years old found less lifetime suicidal ideation was associated with lower internalized homophobia, less loneliness, and more people knowing about participants' sexual orientation.
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Predicting the suicide attempts of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth.

Assessment of past parental psychological abuse, parental reactions to childhood gender atypical behavior, youths' openness about sexual orientation with family members, and lifetime gay-related verbal abuse can assist in the prediction of suicide attempts in this population of youth.
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