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GLBT Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history, culture, politics, and social issues related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and communities. It explores the impact of sexual orientation and gender identity on personal and societal levels, emphasizing the experiences and contributions of GLBT individuals throughout history.
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GLBT Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history, culture, politics, and social issues related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and communities. It explores the impact of sexual orientation and gender identity on personal and societal levels, emphasizing the experiences and contributions of GLBT individuals throughout history.

Key research themes

1. How prepared are health and educational professionals to competently address the needs of LGBTQ individuals, and what educational strategies improve this preparedness?

This theme investigates the readiness of medical, nursing, and school psychology professionals, including students and residents, to provide culturally competent care for LGBTQ populations. It matters because inadequate training contributes to disparities in healthcare access, quality of care, and educational support for LGBTQ individuals. Research focuses on assessing baseline knowledge, attitudes, comfort levels, and efficacy of specific educational interventions designed to enhance provider preparedness and reduce stigma.

Key finding: In a multi-institutional survey of medical students (2015), authors found that medical students reported low preparedness and comfort addressing 16 LGBT-specific health topics, with median curricular exposure of only 5 hours... Read more
Key finding: Among 279 practicing and graduate school psychologists, increased education correlated positively with improved attitudes toward LGBT students and increased preparedness to meet their needs. Presence of Gay-Straight Alliances... Read more
Key finding: This 2017 pilot intervention, comprising a 2-hour student-led session including presentation, patient panel, and small-group work, significantly increased first-year medical students' familiarity with LGBT terminology,... Read more
Key finding: This cross-sectional study (date not specified) validated a comprehensive scale assessing nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward LGBT health concerns in Greece, revealing significant knowledge gaps and variable... Read more
Key finding: Through literature synthesis, this article identifies a substantial deficit in LGBTQ+ related content across allied health professional curricula, including physical and occupational therapy and health administration. It... Read more

2. What are the distinct health disparities and challenges faced by subpopulations within LGBTQ communities, particularly non-binary, genderqueer, intersex individuals, and LGBTQ people of color?

This research area explores the unique health-related needs, disparities, and systemic barriers experienced by specific LGBTQ subgroups that are often overlooked or under-represented in research and healthcare provision. Understanding these differential challenges is essential to developing tailored clinical interventions, supportive policies, and research agendas that address intersectional identities and associated stigmas.

Key finding: This 2019 systematic review of 11 cross-sectional studies documents that non-binary and genderqueer (NBGQ) individuals face distinct health challenges compared both to binary transgender (BT) and cisgender populations.... Read more
Key finding: This 2020 community-based study in the U.S. presents one of the first descriptive analyses of intersex adults’ health, revealing elevated rates of physical health conditions and mental health challenges compared to the... Read more
Key finding: This conceptual article underscores that LGB people of color experience compounded marginalization due to intersections of sexual orientation and racial/ethnic minority status. It highlights the paucity of empirical... Read more
Key finding: This systematic review (2019) emphasizes that LGBT individuals of African descent, particularly black LGBT people, face intersecting vulnerabilities due to racism compounded with discrimination based on sexual and gender... Read more
Key finding: Through semi-structured interviews and NGO case studies in Lebanon, this qualitative work reveals that intersex individuals in the Arab world face severe human rights abuses and medical paternalism, with sex-reassignment... Read more

3. How do LGBTQ individuals’ experiences of healthcare access and psychosocial wellbeing manifest, and what factors perpetuate disparities in healthcare utilization and outcomes?

This area centers on understanding the subjective perceptions, discrimination experiences, stigma, and structural barriers that LGBTQ individuals face in healthcare settings, which result in underutilization, delayed care, and poorer health outcomes. Research elucidates how such experiences contribute to mental health challenges and health risk behaviors, as well as strategies to improve access by addressing both patient and provider-level determinants.

Key finding: Surveying 632 LGBTQ individuals from a regional community, this study reveals pervasive healthcare barriers including fear of disclosing sexual orientation due to discrimination, lack of provider knowledge, and systemic... Read more
Key finding: This 2023 South African study documents heteronormative campus environments fostering verbal, physical, and systemic discrimination that exacerbate mental health problems among LGBTQ students, such as anxiety, depression, and... Read more
Key finding: This study protocol outlines a two-phase pilot project to develop and test an LGBTQIA+ health curriculum for health science professionals. It identifies that LGBTQIA+ individuals face significant stigma and healthcare... Read more
Key finding: This bibliometric and content analysis reveals a predominant focus on HIV and 'men who have sex with men' within LGBTQIA+ health research, contributing to stigmatizing characterizations that obscure the diversity of LGBTQIA+... Read more
Key finding: A review of 76 school psychology articles demonstrates increased research on LGBTQ+ student issues over time, with shifting emphases from bullying and mental health toward school climate. However, intervention-focused studies... Read more

All papers in GLBT Studies

On the background of current attempts to broaden forensic knowledge on child sexual abuse, the article aims at investigating as to whether Tardieu has made contributions to this topic which can be considered relevant also for current... more
This Issue is intended to provide information to better understand how gender-based violence appears in 2SLGBTQ+ youths’ lives and some of the ways it can be addressed and prevented through an intersectional lens. This Issue will help... more
An aging demographic in Western societies as well as globally has made public health issues, such as dementia, subject to hyperbolic metaphor such as “tsunami” and “time bomb.” This chapter reviews the state of knowledge regarding... more
This paper presents a scholarly rebuttal to the claims made in the documentary 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture. The central thesis under examination is the film's assertion that modern Christian condemnation of homosexual... more
Vol 24, No. 5 Winter 2024 p 78 Meek follows his earlier work, Queer voices in postwar Scotland, with an exploration of some aspects of 'queer' life in the 1920s and 30s. The qualification "some aspects" is not a slight on the book but... more
text on (and part interview of) the renowned 1960s French physique photographer and later art dealer Jean Ferrero (°1931) from Nice
Unleashing the Unpopular: Talking about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Education is an accessible collection of academic and creative stories, case studies, and research from students, teachers, and professors centring on... more
Uma compreensão fundamental das descobertas e métodos da ciência deve ser divulgada na mais ampla escala", diz Carl Sagan no seu famoso livro de discussão científica "O mundo assombrado pelos demônios". 1
Background: This research is based on previous literature concerning mental health conditions in sexual minorities. Taking this background into consideration, here, the role of sexual orientation and sexual orientationrelated stress is... more
Com importante ênfase na relação da mãe (ambiente) e seu bebê, Winnicott desenvolveu uma complexa teoria sobre o desenvolvimento emocional e da tendência antissocial. Sua visão de psicopatologia se refere às falhas ambientais nas fases em... more
cuatro provincias entre 1996 y 2011. La hipótesis central del trabajo es que los gobernadores son los actores que tienen las facultades y el interés de llevar adelante una política de seguridad de izquierda o de derecha según su plan de... more
is a media anthropologist and teaches at the Communication Department at the Academic College of Emek Yezreel. He is author of numerous articles and books and has been active in various lesbigay organizations since 1982.
This dissertation identifies and analyzes a tension between self-creation and decreation-the unmaking of self-within literary texts by three modern French authors: Charles Baudelaire, Colette, and Simone Weil. The tension I propose to... more
Se trata de una sencilla guía dirigida a madres y padres que pretende acercar la diversidad afectivo-sexual a los hogares. Este material pedagógico ofrece claves y herramientas para que nuestras hijas e hijos aprendan a conocerse, a... more
One in three parents has a homosexual child. Parenting is a role that has a significant influence on the development of many adults. While children learn from their parents, they also provide opportunities for their parents to learn from... more
BACKGROUND It has become widely acknowledged that narrative is essential to the maintenance and transformation of identity (Strauss 1997), that naming and accounting are central to processes of identification of and by self and others... more
Quando pensiamo di avere molte risposte la vita ci cambia le domande. Accompagnare l'erranza delle domande che nascono dalla vita. Errare: camminare, permettersi di sbagliare. Non esiste cammino senza l'erranza della possibilità... more
Reasoning .07 .06 Emotional Stability .18 .11 Rule Consciousness -.27* -.21 Utilitarian versus Personal Focus -.10 -.05
Homosexuals were among those persecuted in nazi Germany. Various researchers have explained this in terms of National Socialist racist ideology and eugenics, because the, nazis justified their regulations on the basis of population... more
In the mid-2000s, the Polish lesbian and gay (LG) movement became the epicenter of a large wave of solidarity initiatives, mostly from Western European organizations. Focusing on the level of activist encounters and interaction, this... more
…ou Gästebuch, plutôt que Livre d'or, ce registre où « étaient inscrits les noms des nobles », rappelle Littré, et qui cultivait « l'entre-soi ». Et sûrement pas Livre d'honneur, répertoire de vainqueurs, que les dictionnaires donnent... more
Cet article se propose d’analyser La Terre (1887), le quinzième tome des Rougon-Macquart, dans une perspective politique. Zola place son intrigue dans un contexte de crise agricole qui affecte les conditions de vie de la classe paysanne.... more
Introduction 1 Bail legislation in four states 3 Bail as a policy challenge 4 Research questions 5 Methodology 9 Comparing bail systems in four states 10 Summary: Objectives and methods 11 Defendant vulnerabilities and bail orders 11 The... more
O trabalho está inserido em uma ação de extensão promovida pela Incubadora Tecnológica de Cooperativas Populares (ITCP) e pelo NEA (Núcleo de Economia Alternativa). Objetiva-se a melhoria das condições de vida e de trabalho para um grupo... more
The article presents the analysis of the first comprehensive volume of memoirs Cała siła, jaką czerpię na życie. Świadectwa, relacje, pamiętniki osób LGBTQ+ [All the Power I Draw for Life. Testimonies, Accounts, Memoirs of LGBTQ+ People... more
Le journal intime de Julio Ramón Ribeyro s'intitulant La tentación del fracaso (Ribeyro, 2003), il ouvre naturellement tout un éventail de possibilités pour traiter le sujet de la défaite. L'écrivain péruvien va construire une grande... more
Book review of "Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life," a memoir by actor Alan Cumming
Abstract. This article addresses Rousseau’s views on rape and sexual consent in Émile. The analysis is focused on a section of the book that underwent several changes before publication, as shown by comparing different... more
Book review of Gabriel's biography, _Madonna: A Rebel Life_, and Madonna's Celebration tour (2023-4) and status in queer iconography
This leads to my first hypothesis: 1 LGBT social movements may disagree about what is "the most" that they could achieve (i.e. what is more progressive: civil unions or marriage), but here I am looking at this from the opposition's... more
Discusses GLBTQ+ issues surrounding 2024's "Challengers"
HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or... more
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (n=10). .
Resumo: trata-se de um programa de caráter experimental, que vem contribuindo para o atendimento de professores de escolas da rede pública, envolvidos diretamente com a problemática de uma população estimada em 4 milhões de jovens... more
Moving Traditions 6. A Role for Mentors: The boys were equally clear that they wanted, indeed needed, mentoring, particularly from younger adult males who can model the passage through to Jewish manhood. 7. Recognizing Boys' Actual Lives:... more
This Masters thesis seeks to explain the nature and mystery of madness as well as the indispensable role it plays in two literary works: "Thérèse Raquin" written by Émile Zola in 1868 and "Adieu", a short story by... more
In this chapter, we highlight applied communication research in which evocative, critical, and performance autoethnography have been featured. We think of these autoethnographic research stories as a genre of "artful science" (Bochner,... more
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