Gay

Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults smoked more frequently and had a heightened prevalence of COPD vs. heterosexual adults, according to research published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.

Only about half of gay or bisexual men received recommended sexually transmitted infection testing at their initial visit to a private, outpatient facility, researchers reported.

People in sexual and gender minority groups were more likely to experience loneliness and have a lack of social and emotional support, results published in MMWR showed.

Rates of optimal CV health as determined by the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 among gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals vary by sex and sexual identity, researchers reported.

There were few incident hepatitis C virus infections recorded among gay and bisexual men participating in an HIV PrEP rollout study in Australia, researchers reported.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people had higher exposure to all adverse childhood experiences compared with heterosexual adults, according to a cross-sectional study in a research letter published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Gay and lesbian adults in the United States reported higher levels of COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine confidence than heterosexual adults, according to a new study published in MMWR.

Lesbian and gay children whose parents had a consistent perspective on the child’s sexual orientation, even if that perspective was negative, had better outcomes than those whose parents had changing perspectives.

Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual may be at increased risk for experiencing subjective concentration complaints, according to study results published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Gay, lesbian and bisexual veterans were at increased risk for suicide mortality, according to results of a retrospective population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.