ArticleDemography2021
Birth Cohort Trends in Health Disparities by Sexual Orientation.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- How much is sexual minority stress confounded with familial causes? A systematic multilevel meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Sexual Identity and Birth Cohort Differences in Social Support and Its Link with Well-Being among Sexual Minority Individuals.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Mental health in sexual minorities: Change over time in a Finnish population-based sample.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Do sexual minority strengths buffer the association between sexual minority stressors and loneliness among midlife and older sexual minority cisgender men?Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- Sleep Health by Sexual Orientation among Women in the United States and Interrelations with Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Generational Cohort.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening by Sexual Orientation Among Low-Income Women in North Carolina.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Sexual Orientation, Health, and Well-Being in Spanish People.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Partnership Dynamics of LGB People and Heterosexuals: Patterns of First Partnership Formation and First Cohabitation.European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie · 2024Article
- Perceived Community Belonging as a Moderator of the Association Between Sexual Orientation and Health and Well-Being.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2024Article
- Responses to Sexual and Gender Identity Measures in Population-Level Data by Birth Cohort: A Research Note.Demography · 2024Article
- Sexual orientation based health disparities in Chile.PloS one · 2024Article
- Exploring the Unique Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics to Reduce Chronic Shame Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults.Psychedelic medicine (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2023Review
- Clinical psychological science must move beyond documenting disparities in LGBTQ health toward eliminating them.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Article
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- Social change and relationship quality among sexual minority individuals: Does minority stress still matter?Journal of marriage and the family · 2022Article
- Assisted Reproduction for a Same-Sex Couple: Interdisciplinary Preclinical Active Learning Module Combining Case-Based Small Group Discussion and Patient Panel.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
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Abstract
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual-identified (LGB) people experience worse mental and physical health than their straight-identified counterparts. Given remarkable social and legal changes regarding LGB status in recent decades, we theorize that this profound health disadvantage may be changing across cohorts. Using data from the 2013-2018 National Health and Interview Surveys, we analyze five mental and physical health outcomes-psychological distress, depression, anxiety, self-rated physical health, and activity limitation-across three birth cohorts colloquially known as (1) Millennials, (2) Generation Xers, and (3) Baby Boomers and pre-Boomers. We find no evidence of reduced health disparities by sexual orientation across cohorts. Instead, relative to straight-identified respondents, the health disadvantages of gay, lesbian, and-most strikingly-bisexual-identified people have increased across cohorts. Findings highlight the importance of identifying the causes of increased health disparities as well as designing and implementing moredirect public policies and programs to eliminate health disparities among more recent LGB cohorts.
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