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The Human Rights Campaign has named 495 U.S. health care institutions as “Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality,” meaning they encourage “equitable and inclusive care for LGBTQ patients and their families,” according to the organization.

Psychiatrists play an important role in the care of transgender individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders, according to a presenter at the Psych Congress 2020 Virtual Experience conference.

LGBTQ youth appeared to experience negative mental health outcomes associated with frequent social media use, according to results of a survey study published in Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health.

Transgender and gender-diverse adults are more likely to be diagnosed with autism than cisgender adults, according to research published in Nature Communications.

The LGBTQ+ community faces unique challenges in terms of cancer diagnosis and management.

Members of the LGBTQ+ community often have specific, varying dermatological issues that require specialized care.

The HHS announced that it has finalized a rule that allows the government to interpret sex discrimination based on the definition of the word “sex” as male or female and biology — a move the agency also said “protects and enforces the civil rights of all.”

Despite calls to action, one-third of medical schools still do not offer programs on LGBTQI+ health care, and most educators do not feel prepared to provide such education, according to researchers.

The month of June marks LGBT Pride Month, and in conjunction with this observance, Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of articles covering recent developments in LGBT mental health research.

From 2009 to 2017, the proportion of teens who identified as a sexual minority nearly doubled to more than 14%, according to researchers, who found that these teens are still more than three times as likely to attempt suicide compared with heterosexual youths.