Unspecified DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2012.10.004 Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich ZORA URL: http://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-68136 Originally published at: Niederer, Fabienne; Scherer, Almut; Kyburz, Diego; Gay, Renate E; Gay, Steffen; Michel, Beat A; Ciurea, Adrian (2013). BAFF levels in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and response to anti-tumor necrosis facto...

The expression of C3b receptors (CR1) on erythrocytes of gay men at various levels of risk for AIDS was studied. Fourty-nine heterosexual male controls had a mean (X) +/- standard deviation of 516 +/- 136 CR1 per erythrocyte (CR1-3); 17 asymptomatic gay men had X = 423 +/- 156, 16 gay men with one AIDS-related complex (ARC) symptom or sign had X = 342 +/- 154, 9 patients with ARC had X = 252 +/...

Children of gay and lesbian parents are a diverse group, but existing studies offer limited information about individual differences in their social experiences and subsequent psychological outcomes. In this study, 91 adults reared by gay and lesbian parents responded to measures of recalled social experiences as well as current depressive symptoms, positive and negative affect, and life satisf...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the number of men in the U.S. military who are gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men (MSM) to inform the development of military and other federal policies. STUDY DESIGN We analyzed data from the National Surveys of Family Growth to estimate the number of U.S. men who were gay, bisexual, or MSM, and who had served in the military, compared to those who did n...

Does the prevalence and degree of body dissatisfaction differ among heterosexual and homosexual men and women? Some theorists have suggested that, compared to their heterosexual peers, gay men are at greater risk for body dissatisfaction and lesbians at lower risk. Past studies examining this issue have generally relied on small samples recruited from gay or lesbian groups. Further, these studi...

The transnational ex-gay movement is an important context affecting lesbians and sexual minority women around the world. In 2015, the UN Human Rights Commissioner called for all nations to ban conversion therapies. This research investigates a neglected area of scholarship on the ex-gay movement by deconstructing and analyzing the implications of ex-gay discourses of female homosexuality in a g...

Lesbian and gay male applicants routinely are denied government security clearances or are subjected to unusually lengthy and intensive investigation. This article reviews social science data relevant to the principal justifications that have been offered for this policy and presents the following conclusions: (a) Lesbians and gay men are no more likely than heterosexuals to suffer from a perso...

In this review, the major issues regarding how homophobia plays out in society from an institutional and individual point of view and create struggles in gay and bisexual men’s social realities are examined. It is maintained here that the current societal situation in the U.S. prevents gay and bisexual men from enjoying equal rights and freedoms, because their sexuality is opposed to the societ...

Do gay guys actually go with girls just so no one knows they are gay? How would they be able to "perform" on the girl if they weren't attracted to them?

PURPOSE To evaluate whether anti-bullying policies that are inclusive of sexual orientation are associated with a reduced prevalence of suicide attempts among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths. METHODS A total of 31,852 11th-grade public school students (1,413 lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals; 4.4%) in Oregon completed the Oregon Healthy Teens survey in 2006-2008. The independent variab...