Feature Channels: LGBTQ Issues

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss NBA player Jason Collins’ decision to publicly announce that he is gay, making him the first active male athlete in a major American professional team sport to come out.

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Is there a double standard for gay parents? A new study published this month by a Binghamton University research team suggests that gay parents are being judged more harshly than straight parents.

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Indiana U. experts in family law and Americans' changing public opinion on families are available to discuss the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases involving same-sex marriage.

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There is no valid scientific basis for denying same-sex couples the right to legal marriage, or to deprive them of considerable benefits of the institution, according to legal briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Psychological Association and other leading mental health associations.

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) weighed in on the gay marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court today, filing an amicus brief outlining social science research that shows “children fare just as well” when raised by same-sex or heterosexual parents.

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Same-sex cohabitors report worse health than people of the same socioeconomic status who are in heterosexual marriages, according to a new study, which may provide fuel for gay marriage proponents.

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A book co-edited by prominent University of Illinois at Chicago gender historian John D'Emilio has received an award from the American Historical Association.

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Out lesbians, gays, and bisexuals are in better mental and physical health than others. “Coming out is no longer a matter of popular debate but a matter of public health” – lead author Robert-Paul Juster

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Is homosexuality genetic? It's a long-running debate. Now researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, say they've found a clue that may unlock the mystery. It lies in something called epi-genetics—how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches.

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The program focused on the “3 C’s” of relationship building: commitment, communication and conflict resolution.

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• Association is not explained by other demographic differences. • According to the researchers, their data should be interpreted cautiously.

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On National Coming Out Day, October 11, Drexel University’s Goodwin College for Professional Studies will launch the research and activism network “LGBT Issues in Sport: Theory to Practice,” which aims to be the definitive resource for research on LGBT issues in sport.

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With the Democratic Party platform officially calling for “equal treatment under law for same-sex couples,” it may be hard to remember that just four short decades ago being in a gay relationship was grounds for imprisonment, not protection. To preserve that history, the University of Rochester has launched an online archive of the Empty Closet, New York State's oldest gay newspaper.

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A new Family Profile from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University takes a closer look at same-sex couple households, and finds those households often include children. Sociology graduate student Sarah Burgoyne compiled the data.

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For the first time, researchers at Cornell University used a specialized infrared lens to measure pupillary changes to participants watching erotic videos. Pupils were highly telling: they widened most to videos of people who participants found attractive, thereby revealing where they were on the sexual spectrum from heterosexual to homosexual.

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An Indiana University study found that teens and young adults who are members of multiple minority or disadvantaged groups face more discrimination than their more privileged peers and, as a result, report worse mental and physical health.

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An Indiana U. study that focused on the health issues and behaviors specific to behaviorally bisexual men and women, found tremendous variety and that labels can do more harm than good.

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Prof. Danielle Citron, an international authority on privacy and cyber-harassment, issued a statement on the sentencing of Dharun Ravi in the Rutgers spycam case.

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After seeing faces for less than a blink of an eye, college students have accuracy greater than mere chance in judging others’ sexual orientation. Their "gaydar" persisted even when they saw the photos upside-down, and gay versus straight judgments were more accurate for women’s faces than for men’s.

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss the significance of President Obama’s announcement on Wednesday that he supports same-sex marriage.

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Adam Seth Levine, assistant professor of government at Cornell University and an expert on political behavior and public policy, comments on President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage. He says "young people ages 18-29 are overwhelmingly in support of same sex marriage. Yet, at the same time, this demographic has a very high unemployment rate right now, so to the extent Obama can shift attention away from the economy and give people change that they can believe in, this will energize them."

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Brian Powell, Rudy Professor of Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington, is available to comment on President Obama's endorsement Wednesday of same-sex marriage.

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Homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies demonstrates. The study is the first to document the role that both parenting and sexual orientation play in the formation of intense fear of homosexuals.

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APA supports ruling on proposition 8 for same-sex marriage equality.

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Adolescent children of lesbian mothers report as good quality of life as those with heterosexual parents, reports a study in the January Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the official journal of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

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Aging and health issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender baby boomers have been largely ignored by services, policies and research. These seniors face higher rates of disability, physical and mental distress and a lack of access to services, according to the first study on aging and health in these communities.

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New research findings reported in the October 2011 issue of Educational Researcher highlight differences between LGBTQ- and straight-identified youth in health outcomes and educational equity. The peer-reviewed scholarly journal is one of six published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

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A new book by a University of Illinois at Chicago health sociologist and educator examines how gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers are transformed by the AIDS epidemic.

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Although sharply divided, public attitudes toward gays and lesbians are rapidly changing to reflect greater acceptance, with younger generations leading the way, research shows. In addition to a plurality who now approve of same-sex marriage, Americans overwhelmingly support freedom of expression for gays and lesbians.

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The harassment, discrimination and negative feelings about homosexuality that black gay and bisexual men often experience can contribute significantly to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, a small new study finds.

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently filed a lawsuit against the Camdenton, Mo. school district for using filtering software to block websites targeted to the gay and lesbian community. "The Supreme Court has made clear that school districts have great latitude in choosing what educational materials they make available to their students," says Gregory P. Magarian, JD, constitutional law expert and professor of law at Washington University In St. Louis. "However, in a case in 1982, a plurality of the Court suggested that schools may not have the authority to remove materials from school libraries based on viewpoint discrimination."

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University of Iowa scholar Jeff Bennett researches the ways in which gay men challenge a federal policy that prohibits men who have sex with men from donating blood. The policy was established during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, and remains in place despite advances in HIV screening.

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For the third consecutive year, Rush University Medical Center has been named a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) report, an annual survey of U.S. hospitals regarding treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients and their families and hospital employees.