LGBT healthPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-05-09DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0262
Cindy J Chang, Nicholas A Livingston, Katerine T Rashkovsky, Kelly L Harper, Kevin S Kuehn, Chandra Khalifian, Melanie S Harned, Raymond P Tucker, Colin A Depp
{"title":"A Scoping Review of Suicide Prevention Interventions for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals.","authors":"Cindy J Chang, Nicholas A Livingston, Katerine T Rashkovsky, Kelly L Harper, Kevin S Kuehn, Chandra Khalifian, Melanie S Harned, Raymond P Tucker, Colin A Depp","doi":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0262","DOIUrl":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0262","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> This scoping review summarizes the literature on suicide-specific psychological interventions among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) people to synthesize existing findings and support future intervention research and dissemination. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Electronic databases PsycInfo and PubMed were searched for reports of psychological intervention studies with suicide-related outcome data among LGBTQ+ people. A total of 1269 articles were screened, and 19 studies met inclusion criteria (<i>k</i> = 3 examined suicide-specific interventions tailored to LGBTQ+ people, <i>k</i> = 4 examined nontailored suicide-specific interventions, <i>k</i> = 11 examined minority stress- or LGBTQ+ interventions that were not suicide-specific, and <i>k</i> = 1 examined other types of interventions). <b><i>Results:</i></b> Synthesis of this literature was made challenging by varied study designs, and features limit confidence in the degree of internal and external validity of the interventions evaluated. The only established suicide-specific intervention examined was Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and minority stress- and LGBTQ-specific interventions rarely targeted suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs). Nevertheless, most interventions reviewed demonstrated support for feasibility and/or acceptability. Only five studies tested suicide-related outcome differences between an LGBTQ+ group and a cisgender/heterosexual group. These studies did not find significant differences in STBs, but certain subgroups such as bisexual individuals may exhibit specific treatment disparities. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> Given the dearth of research, more research examining interventions that may reduce STBs among LGBTQ+ people is critically needed to address this public health issue.</p>","PeriodicalId":18062,"journal":{"name":"LGBT health","volume":" ","pages":"89-107"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140897979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LGBT healthPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2024.0014
Amanda B Namchuk, Tori N Stranges, Tallinn F L Splinter, Katherine N Moore, Carmen H Logie, Liisa A M Galea
{"title":"Canadian Health Research Funding Patterns for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations Reflect Exclusion of Women.","authors":"Amanda B Namchuk, Tori N Stranges, Tallinn F L Splinter, Katherine N Moore, Carmen H Logie, Liisa A M Galea","doi":"10.1089/lgbt.2024.0014","DOIUrl":"10.1089/lgbt.2024.0014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> We explored the funding areas of Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (trans), queer or questioning, and intersex individuals (2S/LGBTQI)-specific health research funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) mentioned in the grant abstracts. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We analyzed the publicly available database of grant abstracts funded by CIHR from 2009-2020 to examine what types of 2S/LGBTQI-specific health outcomes would be studied and in what populations. <b><i>Results:</i></b> We found that 58% of awarded grant abstracts mentioned studying sexually transmitted diseases, the majority of which was on human immunodeficiency virus. Of the funded 2S/LGBTQI grant abstracts that specified the gender of the population to be studied (n=23), less then 9% mentioned studying cisgender women. Almost 40% mentioned including trans women/girls, and 30% mentioned including trans men/boys. None of the studies examined mentioned work with the Two-Spirit community. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> These results reflect larger social and health inequities that require structural level changes in research to support the 2S/LGBTQI community.</p>","PeriodicalId":18062,"journal":{"name":"LGBT health","volume":" ","pages":"144-151"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141580118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LGBT healthPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2024.0110
Faraan O Rahim, Perisa Ashar, Robert Garofalo, Frank Mugisha, Chris Beyrer
{"title":"Navigating Stigma Against At-Risk Sexual and Gender Minority Populations to End the HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.","authors":"Faraan O Rahim, Perisa Ashar, Robert Garofalo, Frank Mugisha, Chris Beyrer","doi":"10.1089/lgbt.2024.0110","DOIUrl":"10.1089/lgbt.2024.0110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the past year, new laws criminalizing same-sex conduct and the promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights have emerged as barriers to addressing the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). An augmented approach to addressing HIV within the region's disproportionately affected LGBTQ populations, particularly transgender women and gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), is imperative for achieving the international goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030. In this article, we present recommendations to bolster the continuum of HIV care for MSM and transgender women in SSA.</p>","PeriodicalId":18062,"journal":{"name":"LGBT health","volume":" ","pages":"85-88"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142469028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LGBT healthPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-07-30DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0271
Laura N MacMullin, Julia C Sorbara, Lindsay A Coome, Doug P VanderLaan, Mark R Palmert
{"title":"Characteristics of Youth Presenting for Gender Care Compared to Background Populations: Examination of Social Determinants of Health.","authors":"Laura N MacMullin, Julia C Sorbara, Lindsay A Coome, Doug P VanderLaan, Mark R Palmert","doi":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0271","DOIUrl":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0271","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth in North American clinireports are predominantly White with relatively high socioeconomic status suggesting that access to gender-affirming care is inequitable. This study examined whether socioeconomic and social determinant of health discrepancies exist between a clinical population of TGD youth and surrounding communities. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Patient postal codes were used to link the Ontario Marginalization Index (ON-MARG) to a clinic-based TGD youth cohort (<i>n</i> = 298). Using ON-MARG, each patient was assigned a quintile score from 1 (least marginalized) to 5 (most marginalized) on four marginalization measures. Mean quintile scores were compared to background populations. Census-based Toronto neighborhood-level data on ethnic diversity and educational status were also examined. Neighborhoods were categorized as highly represented, less represented, or unrepresented based on representation in the clinic cohort. One-way analysis of covariance was used to determine associations between neighborhood-level variables and the degree of neighborhood representation. <b><i>Results:</i></b> ON-MARG data demonstrated that clinic patients hailed from areas with more individuals having paid employment. Patients from Toronto and surrounding areas came, in general, from communities with fewer recent immigrants and visible minorities. Highly represented Toronto neighborhoods had smaller proportions of visible minorities and immigrants compared with less and unrepresented neighborhoods. Educational status, represented by adults with bachelor's degrees, was lower among unrepresented neighborhoods. <b><i>Conclusion</i></b>: TGD youth seen in clinic, particularly those from Toronto, are disproportionally White and socioeconomically advantaged. Further research is needed to better understand the underrepresentation of racialized and low-socioeconomic status youth and to inform strategies to improve access to care.</p>","PeriodicalId":18062,"journal":{"name":"LGBT health","volume":" ","pages":"116-124"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141792856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LGBT healthPub Date : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0422
Jennifer L Glick, Aaron A Wiegand, Katrina S Kennedy, Molly Gribbin, Arjee Restar, Colin P Flynn, Danielle German
{"title":"Assessing the State of Published Research Concerning COVID-19 and Transgender and Nonbinary People in the United States via a Scoping Review: Lessons Learned for Future Public Health Crises.","authors":"Jennifer L Glick, Aaron A Wiegand, Katrina S Kennedy, Molly Gribbin, Arjee Restar, Colin P Flynn, Danielle German","doi":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2023.0422","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> Transgender and nonbinary people (TNB) experienced a disproportionate burden of poor health and socioeconomic outcomes resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, largely driven by increased vulnerability due to pervasive structural discrimination. To characterize the extent and nature of TNB inclusivity within COVID-19 research, we conducted a scoping review of studies published in English from 2019-2022 reporting COVID-19 pandemic impacts on TNB individuals in the United States. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We searched PubMed (PubMed.gov), Embase (Elsevier), PsycInfo (EBSCO), Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest), and CINAHL (EBSCO), and TNB-focused organizational websites using search concepts 1) COVID-19, 2) TNB people. Studies were systematically reviewed for inclusion. Findings were extracted then summarized using systematic narrative synthesis. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Our search identified 1518 studies; 80 articles (65 peer-reviewed, 15 gray literature) met eligibility criteria. Most studies collected data early in the pandemic (69%) utilizing quantitative methods (79%), survey data (81%), and convenience sampling methods (65%); geographic foci varied. Many studies lacked transparent reporting on TNB involvement (80%), race/ethnicity of TNB subsamples (67%), and gender measurement (30%). The findings addressed COVID-19 (39%), mental health (29%), socioeconomics (26%), health care access (24%), physical health (13%), substance use (11%), violence/discrimination (8%), resiliency/coping (5%), gender identity/expression (5%), and sexual health (4%). <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> A substantial amount of COVID-19 research inclusive of TNB people was conducted during the initial 2.5 years of the pandemic. However, there were key methodological (e.g., standardized measurement, enhanced community involvement) and topical gaps (e.g., social and structural resiliencies), which should be addressed in future research and practice to reduce TNB health disparities related to COVID-19 and future public health crises.</p>","PeriodicalId":18062,"journal":{"name":"LGBT health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143007893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LGBT healthPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0097
Callie Kluitenberg Harris, Horng-Shiuann Wu, Rebecca Lehto, Gwen Wyatt, Barbara Given
{"title":"Relationships Among Determinants of Health, Cancer Screening Participation, and Sexual Minority Identity: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Callie Kluitenberg Harris, Horng-Shiuann Wu, Rebecca Lehto, Gwen Wyatt, Barbara Given","doi":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0097","DOIUrl":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0097","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> To address cancer screening disparities and reduce cancer risk among sexual minority (SM) groups, this review identifies individual, interpersonal, and community/societal determinants of cancer screening (non)participation among differing SM identities. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Seven scientific databases were searched. Inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) used quantitative methods; (2) English language; (3) cancer screening focus; and (4) at least one SM group identified. Articles were excluded if: (1) analysis was not disaggregated by SM identity (<i>n</i> = 29) and (2) quantitative analysis excluded determinants of cancer screening (<i>n</i> = 19). The Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities Research Framework guided literature synthesis. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Twelve studies addressed cervical (<i>n</i> = 4), breast (<i>n</i> = 3), breast/cervical (<i>n</i> = 3), or multiple cancers (<i>n</i> = 2). Other cancers were excluded due to inclusion/exclusion criteria. The total sample was 20,622 (mean 1525), including lesbian (<i>n</i> = 13,409), bisexual (<i>n</i> = 4442), gay (<i>n</i> = 1386), mostly heterosexual (<i>n</i> = 1302), and queer (<i>n</i> = 83) identities. Studies analyzing individual-level determinants (<i>n</i> = 8) found that socioeconomic status affected cervical, but not breast, cancer screening among lesbian and bisexual participants (<i>n</i> = 2). At the interpersonal level (<i>n</i> = 7), provider-patient relationship was a determinant of cervical cancer screening among lesbian participants (<i>n</i> = 4); a relationship not studied for other groups. Studies analyzing community/societal determinants (<i>n</i> = 5) found that rurality potentially affected cervical cancer screening among lesbian, but not bisexual people (<i>n</i> = 3). <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> This review identified socioeconomic status, provider-patient relationship, and rurality as determinants affecting cancer screening among SM people. While literature addresses diverse SM groups, inclusion/exclusion criteria identified studies addressing cisgender women. Addressing disparities in the identified determinants of cervical cancer screening may improve participation among SM women. Further research is needed to understand determinants of cancer screening unique to other SM groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":18062,"journal":{"name":"LGBT health","volume":" ","pages":"3-19"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140336188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LGBT healthPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-17DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0394
Marissa Nunes-Moreno, Anna Furniss, Samuel Cortez, Shanlee M Davis, Nadia Dowshen, Anne E Kazak, Leena Nahata, Laura Pyle, Daniel H Reirden, Beth Schwartz, Gina M Sequeira, Natalie J Nokoff
{"title":"Mental Health Diagnoses and Suicidality Among Transgender Youth in Hospital Settings.","authors":"Marissa Nunes-Moreno, Anna Furniss, Samuel Cortez, Shanlee M Davis, Nadia Dowshen, Anne E Kazak, Leena Nahata, Laura Pyle, Daniel H Reirden, Beth Schwartz, Gina M Sequeira, Natalie J Nokoff","doi":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0394","DOIUrl":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0394","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> The purpose of this analysis is to: 1) describe the most common mental health diagnoses in the emergency department (ED) and inpatient hospital settings among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth vs. matched controls and 2) evaluate if a gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) or gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) prescription decreased the risk of suicidality within these settings. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Using the PEDSnet dataset (years 2009-2019), TGD youth aged 8-18 (<i>n</i> = 3414, with a median age at last visit of 16.2 [14.4, 17.7] years, were propensity-score matched to controls (<i>n</i> = 13,628, age 16.6 [14.2, 18.3] years). Relative risks of the most common mental health diagnoses within ED and inpatient settings were calculated for TGD youth compared with controls. Recurrent time-to-event analysis was used to examine whether GAHT or GnRHa attenuated the risk of suicidality among subsamples of TGD youth. <b><i>Results:</i></b> TGD youth had a higher relative risk (95% confidence interval [CI]) of mental health diagnoses and suicidality in the ED (5.46 [4.71-6.33]) and inpatient settings (6.61 [5.28-8.28]) than matched controls. TGD youth prescribed GAHT had a 43.6% lower risk of suicidality (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.564 [95% CI 0.36-0.89]) compared with those never prescribed GAHT during our study period or before GAHT initiation. TGD youth who were prescribed GnRHa therapy had a nonstatistically significant reduction in ED or inpatient suicidality diagnoses compared with those never prescribed GnRHa (HR = 0.79 [0.47-1.31]). <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> Although risk of mental health diagnoses and suicidality in ED and inpatient settings was high among TGD youth, a GAHT prescription was associated with a significant reduction in suicidality risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":18062,"journal":{"name":"LGBT health","volume":" ","pages":"20-28"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11876820/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141627093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LGBT healthPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-05-08DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0377
Dovile Vilda, Madina Agénor, Maeve E Wallace, Isabelle B Lian, Brittany M Charlton, Colleen A Reynolds, Emily W Harville
{"title":"Adverse Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes Among Birthing People in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships in Louisiana.","authors":"Dovile Vilda, Madina Agénor, Maeve E Wallace, Isabelle B Lian, Brittany M Charlton, Colleen A Reynolds, Emily W Harville","doi":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0377","DOIUrl":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0377","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> We investigated sexual orientation disparities in several obstetric and perinatal outcomes in Louisiana and examined whether these disparities differed among Black, Latine, and White populations. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We analyzed cross-sectional vital records data on singleton live births in Louisiana (2016-2022). Same-sex relationships (SSR) vs. different-sex relationships (DSR) were classified based on the sex of the parents listed on the birth certificate. Using modified Poisson regression, we estimated adjusted risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals among birthing persons in SSR vs. DSR for preterm birth (PTB), low birthweight (LBW), spontaneous labor, Cesarean delivery, gestational hypertension, and gestational diabetes. We examined within and across group disparities in models stratified by sexual orientation and race/ethnicity. <b><i>Results:</i></b> In the total birthing population, those in SSR experienced higher risk of gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes and were less likely to have spontaneous labor compared with persons in DSR. The risk of PTB and LBW was two-fold higher among Black birthing people in SSR compared with White birthing people in SSR and DSR. Latine birthing people in SSR experienced higher risk of gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes compared with their peers in DSR and White people in DSR. Some of these disparities were partially explained by including socioeconomic and health risk factors. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> Sexual orientation-related disparities exist across and within racial/ethnic groups among birthing people in Louisiana. Adopting an intersectional approach that considers the mutually constituted nature of heterosexism and racism is critical to addressing sexual orientation-related inequities in reproductive and perinatal health.</p>","PeriodicalId":18062,"journal":{"name":"LGBT health","volume":" ","pages":"61-70"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11807869/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140876766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LGBT healthPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-05DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0187
Julian Gitelman, Brendan Smith, Christine M Warren, Alessandra T Andreacchi, Roman Pabayo, Erin Hobin
{"title":"Sexual Identity and Heavy Drinking Among Adults in Canada by Racially Minoritized Status and Income, 2015-2020.","authors":"Julian Gitelman, Brendan Smith, Christine M Warren, Alessandra T Andreacchi, Roman Pabayo, Erin Hobin","doi":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0187","DOIUrl":"10.1089/lgbt.2023.0187","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> Our objective was to estimate inequities in heavy drinking between heterosexual, gay or lesbian, and bisexual or pansexual individuals, by sex/gender, and to determine whether this association is heterogeneous across racially minoritized status and income groups in Canadians aged 15 and older. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We pooled three Canadian Community Health Survey cycles (2015-2020) and used separate modified Poisson regressions to explore the sex/gender-specific association between sexual identity and heavy drinking prevalence by racially minoritized status, and income, adjusted for survey cycle, age, marital status, and region. <b><i>Results:</i></b> With racially minoritized status, and income categories collapsed, heavy drinking was 1.3 times higher (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.0-1.7) among bisexual or pansexual women compared with heterosexual women, with no differences among men. Among racially minoritized women, heavy drinking was 2.9 (95% CI = 1.3-6.4) times higher among bisexual or pansexual women and 1.9 (95% CI = 0.7-5.2) times higher among gay or lesbian women compared with heterosexual women. Among racially minoritized men, heavy drinking was 1.9 (95% CI = 0.9-4.0) times higher among gay men compared with heterosexual men. No differences were observed across sexual identity in White men or women. Bisexual or pansexual women reported increased heavy drinking relative to heterosexual women across income quintiles. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> Heavy drinking is distributed heterogeneously across sexual identity, sex/gender, racially minoritized status, and income. These results encourage equity-focused interventions to reduce heavy drinking among intersecting sociodemographic groups experiencing a greater burden of heavy drinking.</p>","PeriodicalId":18062,"journal":{"name":"LGBT health","volume":" ","pages":"51-60"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141538064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}