Sexuality News

Adults who participated in one or more community groups in the last year and had high perceived neighborhood problems were more likely to have experienced physical intimate partner violence, according to study findings in the American Journal of Community Psychology.

Nearly a quarter of children have been the victim of sexual violence, across seven countries, but only a small number of victims received any health or child protective services after their experience, according to a recent MMWR  from the CDC.

TORONTO — The 168th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association will feature innovative clinical research and practice-related sessions on topics including suicide risk factors in the ED, exposure to terrorism and substance abuse among college students.

Study findings in the Journal of Adolescent Health indicate young adults that identify as transgender or cisgender sexual minorities have increased risk for self-reported eating disorders.

In a recently released policy paper, the ACP stated its support for same-sex civil marriage rights, its commitment to eliminating discrimination in health care and offered recommendations for achieving health care equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients. 

BOSTON- The significantly updated second edition of The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health was released today by the ACP at the Internal Medicine Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Study findings presented here at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting suggest sexual texting, online sexual solicitations and offline first-time meetings are significantly common among adolescents evaluated for suspected sexual abuse.

Girls and sexual minorities are more likely to take a stand against observed homophobic bullying, compared with other students, according to data presented recently at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting in Chicago. 

Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults aged 50 years and older were twice as likely to use mental health services compared with their heterosexual peers, according to study findings in Psychiatric Services in Advance.

Recent analyses of Youth Risk Behavior Surveys indicated that one-third of adolescent males who experienced sexual assault attempted suicide.