Why It Matters

LGBT Health Volume 2 article describing characteristics of transgender women, including care and treatment needs.

Center for American Progress report summarizing research about the economic insecurity experienced by LGBT people of color compared to their white LGBT counterparts and non-LGBT people of color.

American Journal of Public Health article describing how promoting forms of acceptance and integration could promote resilient sexual minority youth despite a culture of marginalization.

National Institute of Health paper developing a multidimensional assessment of HIV/AIDS stigma for Latino GBT living with HIV/AIDS and testing to what such stigma is related.

National Institute of Health study analyzing attitudes towards People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) among Latino gay/bisexual men and transgender people.

GLSEN resource providing considerations to help think more deeply about the experiences of LGBT students of color and their needs.

This NAM review of literature identifies a growing division within gay communities in which HIV-negative gay men associate mainly with other HIV-negative men and HIV-positive men mostly mix with other HIV-positive men.

San Francisco Human Rights Commission LGBT Advisory Committee report identifying and examining issues related to bisexual health and employment.

National LGBT Cancer Network fact sheet with information that pertains specifically to health concerns of bisexual people.

Article published on The Root examining the differing needs for LGBT People of Color in health care, including cultural competency and access.