Medical Education 2012: 46: 903–913 Objectives There are significant health disparities
according to sexual orientation and gender identity, particularly in mental health; however …

A rich heritage that needs to be documented Beginning in 1869, when the study of
homosexuality can be said to have begun with the establishment of sexology, this …

Background: General practitioners (GPs) have been identified as a key resource for people
with sexual health concerns. However, research indicates that general practitioners feel …

Lesbian health is emerging as a distinct discipline in practice and research. Evidence is
increasingly available that lesbians are a unique and underserved population in the health …

Methods A two-page, 14-item, self-administered questionnaire was sent to predoctoral
directors at all US medical schools with departments of family medicine (n= 116). The …

Background Evidence suggests a varied level of sexual health literacy (SHL) among
university student populations, so we evaluated the SHL among students at the University of …

Background: Many physicians are not prepared to deal with the health care concerns of their
lesbian and gay patients. Purpose: To examine the impact of a seminar on the self-reported …

BACKGROUND: The attitudes of health-care professionals and medical students towards
male and female homosexuality are of practical relevance and have increasingly become a …

During the past two decades, the number of people over the age of 65 in the United States
has been increasing twice as fast as the rest of the population. Within this diverse group …

Despite recent social and legislative efforts to establish equal rights for the lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) community, attitudes that derive from sexual prejudice in …