The LGBTQ+ community faces a number of health disparities and barriers to accessing proper care.  This is due in part to a lack of education and training within the healthcare field, which can help to create a healthcare environment that is open, accepting, and affirming towards members of the LGBTQ+ community. 

Health equity and LGBTQ+ people

Sociodemographics such as sexual orientation are significant factors to consider in understanding alcohol consumption. Evidence suggests that Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) are more common among sexual minority (lesbian, gay, bisexual, also known as LGB) individuals when compared to the heterosexual population. However, little research has focused specifically on bisexual alcohol consumption and addiction, despite differences.

Disparities in Alcohol Use and Heavy Episodic Drinking Among Bisexual People

Sexual minorities experience unique stress in the form of external discrimination, microaggressions, internalized stigma and homophobia, social rejection, and identity discomfort and concealment. The accumulation of these identity-based stressors is believed to explain the increased incidence of OCD in this population and have an effect on the content of their obsessive thoughts and types of compulsions.

Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Sexual Minorities

Health Psychology research studies relating to Sexuality include
- Health Equity and LGBTQ+ People
- Disparities in alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking among bisexual people
- Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Sexual Minorities

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Health Psychology research studies relating to social identities can be divided into the following categories
-	(Dis)Ability
- Ethnicity
-	Gender
-	Race
-	Sexuality
-	Socioeconomic Status & Class

Health Psychology Research Relating to Social Identity

Pinciotti, C. M., & Orcutt, H. K. (2021). Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in sexual minorities. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 8(4), 487–495. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000437 

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in sexual minorities

Health Psychology research studies relating to (Dis)Ability include
- TBD


Health Psychology Research Relating to (Dis)Ability

Health Psychology research relating to ethnicity can be categorized into the follow
- Ethnicity as a General Concept
- Latino and Asian American Immigrants
- TBD (Add specific ethnic culture the research is referencing)

Health Psychology Research Relating to Ethnicity

Health Psychology research studies relating Gender include
- Health of Non-binary and Genderqueer People


Health Psychology Research Relating to Gender

Health Psychology research studies relating Race include
- TBD


Health Psychology Research Relating to Race

Health Psychology Research Relating to Sexuality

Health Psychology research studies relating to Socioeconomic and/or Class Status include 
- The Relationship between Poverty and Mental Illness

Health Psychology Research Relating to Socioeconomic & Class Status

One's identities (such as race, gender, and sexuality) can impact their health and healthcare experiences in a variety of ways. Cultural identities can influence one's likelihood to utilize health services, and how patients are treated.

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