End-of-Life Preparations Among LGBT Older Canadian Adults: The Missing Conversations

2019 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian de Vries ◽  
Gloria Gutman ◽  
Áine Humble ◽  
Jacqueline Gahagan ◽  
Line Chamberland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Bisexual Women ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Transgender Persons ◽  
And Bisexual

LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) older adults are more likely than their heterosexual peers to age with limited support in stigmatizing environments often poorly served by traditional social services challenging their preparedness for end of life. Fourteen focus groups and three individual interviews were conducted in five Canadian cities with gay/bisexual men (5 groups; 40 participants), lesbian/bisexual women (5 groups; 29 participants), and transgender persons (3 interviews, 4 groups; 24 participants). Four superordinate themes were identified: (a) motivators and obstacles, (b) relationship concerns, (c) dynamics of LGBT culture and lives, and (d) institutional concerns. Several pressing issues emerged including depression and isolation (more common among gay and bisexual men), financial/class issues (lesbian and bisexual women), and uncomfortable interactions with health-care providers (transgender participants). These findings highlight the challenges and complexities in end-of-life preparation within LGBT communities.

Social Exclusion, Resilience and Social Worker Preparedness: Providing Services to Gay and Bisexual Men Who Party-n-Play

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rusty Souleymanov ◽  
David J Brennan ◽  
Carmen H Logie ◽  
Dan Allman ◽  
Shelley L Craig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Social Work Interventions

Abstract Party-n-Play (PNP) refers to sex between gay and bisexual men that occurs under the influence of drugs. Growing evidence suggests gay and bisexual men who PNP experience significant stigma and social exclusion. Less is known about the resilience of this population. Utilising critical discourse analysis, this study examined how gay and bisexual men who PNP talk about social exclusion and resilience in their lives. In-depth one-hour interviews were conducted with forty-four gay and bisexual men who lived in Toronto, and who used various drugs before or during sex with another man in the previous month. Study findings revealed that social exclusion was perpetuated through discourses of stigma, deviance, morality, heteronormativity, homophobia, racism, classism, risk and policing. These discourses also negatively affected participants’ interactions with health care providers. However, many participants evoked resilience discourses and described social bonds, friendships and relations of care in their networks. Social work professionals would benefit from examining the roles of social exclusion, as well as stigmatising and pathologising discourses in their practice. These findings also underscore the need for culturally sensitive social work interventions for this population that address social exclusion and foster resilience.

The Nexus of Sexual Orientation and Gender in the Determination of Earnings

ILR Review ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 622-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Blandford
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Wage Differentials ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Women ◽  
Unobserved Effects ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
And Gender

This analysis of 1989–96 General Social Survey data reveals how sexual orientation and gender jointly influence earnings outcomes. Gay and bisexual men experienced a 30–32% income disadvantage relative to heterosexual peers, while lesbian and bisexual women enjoyed a wage premium of 17–23%. The disparate earnings effects of sexual orientation across genders suggest that workplace discrimination may be only one factor accounting for measured wage differentials associated with sexual orientation. These findings qualify pioneering work on the subject that indicated that wage differentials were attributable largely to employer bias. A further analysis that distinguishes the separate effects of gender, marital status, and sexual orientation suggests that differentials long attributed to marital status may in part reflect previously unobserved effects of sexual orientation.

Gender Nonconformity and Minority Stress Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals: A Meta-Analytic Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 174569162096876
Author(s):  
Brian C. Thoma ◽  
Kristen L. Eckstrand ◽  
Gerald T. Montano ◽  
Taylor L. Rezeppa ◽  
Michael P. Marshal
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Gender Nonconformity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Women ◽  
Sexual Orientation Identity ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
And Bisexual

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are less healthy than heterosexual individuals, and minority stress endured by LGB individuals contributes to these health disparities. However, within-groups differences in minority stress experiences among LGB individuals remain underexplored. Individuals are more likely to be categorized as LGB if they exhibit gender nonconformity, so gender nonconformity could influence concealability of sexual orientation among LGB individuals, carrying important implications for the visibility of their stigmatized sexual orientation identity and for how they experience and cope with minority stress. Through a meta-analytic review, we examined how gender nonconformity was associated with minority stress experiences among LGB individuals. Thirty-seven eligible studies were identified and included in analyses. Results indicate gender nonconformity is associated with experiencing more prejudice events, less concealment of sexual orientation, lower internalized homonegativity, and higher expectations of rejection related to sexual orientation among LGB individuals. Gender nonconformity is more strongly associated with experiencing prejudice events among gay and bisexual men than among lesbian and bisexual women. Gender nonconformity is systematically associated with minority stress experiences among LGB individuals, and future research must measure and examine gender nonconformity when investigating the role of minority stress in degraded health outcomes among LGB populations.

scholarly journals Sexual Fantasies across Gender and Sexual Orientation in Young Adults: A Multiple Correspondence Analysis

Sexes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-533
Author(s):  
Mattia Nese ◽  
Greta Riboli ◽  
Gianni Brighetti ◽  
Raffaele Visciano ◽  
Daniel Giunti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Women ◽  
Sexual Fantasies ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
And Bisexual

Differences in the content of sexual fantasies across gender have been widely documented, while less attention was given to the role of sexual orientation. Previous studies focused on differences in the prevalence of broad themes consisting of sets of contents. The current study aimed to increase the knowledge about sexual fantasies in heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual men and women. A descriptive approach that allows visualizing the patterns of fantasies reported by different groups using Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) is presented. A sample of 3136 of young adults, 1754 women (Mage = 22.50, SD = 1.72, range 18–25) and 1382 men (Mage = 22.50, SD = 1.70, range 18–25), completed an online questionnaire assessing the presence of 29 different sexual fantasies. The prevalence of each fantasy among each group is shown. Also, relationships between fantasies and the distribution of groups along the two principal dimensions highlighted by MCA are represented. Heterosexuals women reported fewer fantasies and showed opposite patterns of response compared to heterosexual men. There was a substantial overlapping in the fantasies reported by gay and bisexual men, while responses of lesbian and bisexual women were more differentiated. These results indicate that the content of sexual fantasies varies according to both gender and sexual orientation.

scholarly journals HIV Infection, Sexual Risk Behavior, and Substance Use Among Latino Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender Persons

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (6) ◽  
pp. 1036-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus Ramirez-Valles ◽  
Dalia Garcia ◽  
Richard T. Campbell ◽  
Rafael M. Diaz ◽  
Douglas D. Heckathorn
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Transgender Persons ◽  
And Bisexual

scholarly journals Sexual orientation and life satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 144078332110176
Author(s):  
David Bartram
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Women ◽  
Control Variables ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Correct Understanding

Existing quantitative research on sexual orientation and life satisfaction uses models with control variables that do not have a clear rationale. With a correct understanding of what control variables do, no controls are necessary to estimate the consequences of sexual orientation on life satisfaction. An analysis constructed from this perspective reveals gay and bisexual men in the UK and Australia are less satisfied with their lives (relative to heterosexual men). Bisexual women in both countries are less satisfied as well. Lesbians in Australia are less satisfied (relative to straight women) – but lesbians in the UK do not have lower satisfaction. These conclusions hold also in an analysis that considers the possibility that some non-heterosexual people might be unwilling to disclose their sexual orientation on surveys.

Novel Approaches to HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion Among Guatemalan Gay and Bisexual Men, MSM, and Transgender Persons

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott D. Rhodes ◽  
Jorge Alonzo ◽  
Lilli Mann ◽  
Mario Downs ◽  
Florence M. Simán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Transgender Persons ◽  
Novel Approaches ◽  
And Bisexual
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