Homosexuality, Female
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Access to fertility treatment by gays, lesbians, and unmarried persons.

Sep 2009 This statement explores the implications of reproduction by single individuals, unmarried heterosexual couples, and gay and lesbian couples, and concludes that ethical arguments supporting denial of access to fertility services on the basis of ... Read more...

Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst same-sex attracted women: results from the Western Australian Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health and Well-Being Survey.

31 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use has been reported to be higher amongst lesbian and bisexual women (LBW) than their heterosexual counterparts. However, few studies have been conducted with this population in ... Read more...

Burden of psychiatric morbidity among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in the California Quality of Life Survey.

30 Jul 2009 In recent population-based surveys, minority sexual orientation has been identified as a potential risk indicator for psychiatric morbidity. However, methodological limitations in the studies to date have led to concerns that current estimates are ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Homosexuality, Female'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Access to fertility treatment by gays, lesbians, and unmarried persons. Sep 2009
• Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst same-sex attracted women: results from the Western Australian Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health and Well-Being Survey. 31 Aug 2009
• Burden of psychiatric morbidity among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in the California Quality of Life Survey. 30 Jul 2009
• Abuse, mastery, and health among lesbian, bisexual, and two-spirit American Indian and Alaska Native women. 29 Jun 2009
• Troubled meditations on psychosexual differentiation: reply to Hegarty (2009). 29 Jun 2009
• Childhood gender noncomformity remains a robust and neutral correlate of sexual orientation: reply to Hegarty (2009). 29 Jun 2009
• Toward an LGBT-informed paradigm for children who break gender norms: comment on Drummond et al. (2008) and Rieger et al. (2008). 29 Jun 2009
• Commentary on Special Issue on GLBT Mental Health. 30 May 2009
• Feminist and queer phenomenology: a framework for perinatal nursing practice, research, and education for advancing lesbian health. 30 May 2009
• Disgust sensitivity predicts intuitive disapproval of gays. 30 May 2009
• Perspective: A grand challenge to academic medicine: speak out on gay rights. 30 May 2009
• Lesbian and bisexual women's sexual health. 30 May 2009
• Preference for attractiveness and thinness in a partner: influence of internalization of the thin ideal and shape/weight dissatisfaction in heterosexual women, heterosexual men, lesbians, and gay men. 11 May 2009
• The association of sexual orientation with self-rated health, and cigarette and alcohol use in Mexican adolescents and youths. 6 May 2009
• A red-letter day in the Colorado State Legislature. 29 Apr 2009
• Compensatory strategies for reducing interpersonal discrimination: the effectiveness of acknowledgments, increased positivity, and individuating information. 29 Apr 2009
• Lesbians' constructions of depression. 29 Apr 2009
• Stigma management and well-being: the role of perceived social support, emotional processing, and suppression. 27 Apr 2009
• The experiences of adolescents and adults conceived by sperm donation: comparisons by age of disclosure and family type. 25 Apr 2009
• Gay fathers' effects on children: a review. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Homosexuality, Female'

Definition: Sexual attraction or relationship between females.

Descriptor UI: D018452

Alternative terms: Homosexuality, Female; Female Homosexuality; Lesbianism; Lesbians; Lesbian;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; genetics; history; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F01.145.802.975.500.400; G08.686.867.500.400;

Online Note: use HOMOSEXUALITY to search HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE 1976-80 & LESBIANISM 1968-94

History Note: 95; was see under HOMOSEXUALITY 1976-80; LESBIANISM was see HOMOSEXUALITY 1981-94, was see HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE 1976-80, & was see under HOMOSEXUALITY 1968-75

Technical Notes: check tag FEMALE