https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13349895/Lesbian-women-die-younger-straight-women-stress-toxic-social-stigma.html
Evidently, it's tough being a lesbian.
"World Ends. Women and Minorities Hardest Hit."
Evidently, it's tough being a lesbian.
Survey data of nurses, so take it with a grain of salt. Alas, no real solutions to the problem offered in the article other than increased screening for gay women. But really, what can you and I do for lesbians to make them feel less lonely? If it's a societal problem it would seem everyone in society should have an obligation to help fix it. But these studies always seem to show the victims with no solutions, for some reason.Quote:
Research by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute found that bisexual women die, on average, nearly 40 percent younger than heterosexual women, while lesbian women die 20 percent sooner.
The difference in mortality is said to be due to the 'toxic social forces' LGBTQ people face, which can 'result in chronic stress and unhealthy coping mechanisms', said lead author Dr Sarah McKetta, Research Fellow at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.
"World Ends. Women and Minorities Hardest Hit."
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