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12/15/11: Study findings sugggest connection between legalized gay marriage and healthier environments for gay men.

11/18/11: Study find LGBT seniors face higher rates of disability, physical and mental distress, and difficulty accessing services compared to other seniors.

10/18/11: Study finds gay males have diverse sexual repertoires. However, unprotected sex still an issue.

10/10/11: Study finds LGBT youth are "coming out" at record low ages, feeling more supported.

10/10/11: Researchers find LGBTIQ youth at greater risk for suicide, intepersonal problems, school absenteeism than heterosexual peers.

721/11: Study finds 1 in 4 gay or lesbian high school students are homeless.

6/23/11: Lesbian, gay, bisexual youth more likely to be abused or bullied by peers.

6/21/11: Evolutionary biologist discusses his research on the genetic origins of homosexual and bisexual orientation.

5/29/11: Older LGBTs have higher rates of chronic disease, mental distress, social isolation.

5/9/11: Sexual orientation affects cancer survivorship.

4/18/11: Study links negative social environments to higher rates of suicide among gay youth.

2/3/11: Young adults with greater LGBT-stress (e.g. bullying, arguments about orientation, discrimination) have chronically higher cortisol levels, more anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts. (Click here for Science Daily briefing or here for TSI News Service article)

2/3/11: Discrimination implicated as a factor in higher mental health and addiction disorders among LGBTs in England.

12/6/10: LGBT youth are punished more severely than heterosexual youth at school and in the criminal justice system, researchers say.

12/6/10: Gay teens who have supportive parents are significantly less likely to attempt suicide, abuse substances, develop clinical depression, study finds.

11/10/10: Child abuse rates at zero percent in lesbian households, new report finds.

9/23/10: On non-traditional families and love...

9/13/10: Children of lesbian and gay parents not only psychological healthy, but often exhibit better-than-average social and academic adjustment.

9/6/10: Risky sexual behavior among young, white homosexual men still contributing to the spread of HIV.

8/31/10: Children raised by same-sex parents show good progress through school and are less likely to repeat a grade, study finds.

7/21/10: Gay, bisexual men who experienced childhood sexual abuse and felt less masculine during adolescence (due to stigmatization) are more likely to use illegal drugs and engage in risky sexual behaviors as adults, researchers find.

7/16/10: San Francisco health survey: 45% of gay male couples agree on monogamy; 47% have an "open relationship" agreement.

7/15/10: San Francisco health survey: In 8% of gay male couples, one partner thought the relationship was open and the other thought it was monogamous, raising concern for spread of HIV and other STIs.

7/4/10: Study finds smoking rates higher in LGBT community.

6/24/10: More on recent findings that gay men and women have brain similarities that result in better face recognition than heterosexual men...

6/24/10: Gay men recall familiar faces faster and more accurately than straight men due to bilateral brain functioning.

6/11/10: Study examines health disparities and sexual orientation.

6/8/10: Commentary: 25-year study finds children with lesbian parents may be better adjusted.

6/7/10: Study suggests children of lesbians may do better than their peers.

5/28/10: Study suggests gay people are more detail-oriented, possibly explaining the phenomenon of "gaydar."

4/30/10: Gay men and lesbians are at higher risk for experiencing violence and PTSD.

4/15/10: Study suggests gay and lesbian relationships are more honest, less deceptive.

4/3/10: Why is lesbianism more prevelant than male homosexuality?