Mar 16, 2023 · The increasing expansion of a global LGBT rights movement suffered a setback during the 1980s, as the gay male community was decimated by the Aids epidemic, demands for compassion and medical funding led to renewed coalitions between men and women as well as angry street theatre by groups like Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and Queer ...

women and girls, and in this case, the LGBTQ+ community as well. The design of the proposed program will follow the gender mainstreaming and development framework adapted to LGBT psychology used by Manalastas and Torre (2016). Gender mainstreaming is based on the idea that equality is a goal to achieve in decision-making;

The LGBT Aging Project was founded in 2001 by a group of advocates from both the aging service network and the LGBT community who recognized that LGBT elders are invisible to mainstream elder service providers, and that older LGBT people are invisible within the LGBT community as well. LGBT National Health & Aging Center A collaboration between ...

through LGBT community groups and online resources. Such groups and resources help them understand their gender identity at younger ages than older transgender adults who typically came out as 2 Require Respect in the Family for Your LGBT Child “We always went to family events. But after Terry came out, I

Information and resources from both government agencies and the non-profit health care community to address a range of LGBTQ health related topics. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging Resources to address the unique disparities facing a growing population of older LGBTQ adults.

Primary subject area International. Additional subject areas. LGBTQ, Policy, Social Justice. Abstract. This symposium reviews the rapid evolution of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues globally, both favorable and unfavorable, with a focus on Latin America and former Soviet Union countries, and the implications for psychology.

Meanwhile, team member and epidemiologist Jaclyn White Hughto, has been focusing on a particularly vulnerable segment of the LGBT community: transgender women in prison. Her dissertation, now in press, combines qualitative and quantitative work to assess and intervene in this population's health care.

Jan 1, 2024 · Anti-LGBTQ+ policies are having a similarly dire impact on well-being in the LGBTQ+ community, especially among youth. In Florida, for example, the state’s Board of Education declared that the material on sexual orientation and gender identity within the Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology course violated state law (see Education under siege ...

A Clockwork Lavender: Sexology, Psychology and the LGBTQ+ Community Investigates scientific understandings about sexual orientation and gender identity over the course of the 20th century, spotlighting the researchers and activists whose work had a profound impact on the lives of countless LGBTQ+ individuals.

Peter Hegarty, PhD, author of the book “A Recent History of Lesbian and Gay Psychology: From Homophobia to LGBT,” discusses how psychological research has reflected and responded to these changes, how it has helped move the needle in the fight for LGBTQ rights in the U.S. court system, and his own research on auditory gaydar and continuing ...