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New study finds lesbian, gay and bisexual people are more than twice as likely than their straight peers to experience suicidal thoughts or self-harming behaviours

Graham Robson June 9, 2023

The study, published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, is the first ever to analyse nationally representative data on sexual orientation and suicidality in England whilst being able to compare individual sexual minority groups.

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New report reveals impact of substance use on LGB young people

Graham Robson October 5, 2022

The Mix, a charity that provides free, confidential support for young people under 25 via online, social and mobile, has released a new report which looks at how young LGB people are impacted by substance use, and reveals how LGB communities are more likely to experience mental health challenges with substance use.

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New data shows 3.1% of people aged 16+ identify as lesbian, gay or bi

Graham Robson May 25, 2022

The release provides ‘experimental statistics’ on sexual orientation in the UK in 2020 by region, sex, age, marital or legal partnership status, ethnic group and socio-economic classification, using data from the Annual Population Survey

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General News

Study confirms LGB people more likely to experience poor mental health

Rachel Badham February 17, 2021

A recent study as confirmed that gay, lesbian and bisexual people are more likely to suffer from poor mental health compared to heterosexual people.

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Community

IGLA releases homophobia report

Rachel Badham December 16, 2020

LGBTQ+ organisation, IGLA, has released its 2020 State Sponsored Homophobia report, which provides data on laws that affect LGB people.

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Study finds LGB communities more at risk of dementia in later life

Rachel Badham November 21, 2020

A study by Michigan State University (MSU) has found those who identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual are more likely to suffer from dementia in later life.

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Community

Nearly half of UK parents oppose LGBTQ+ inclusive education

Rachel Badham September 14, 2020

A recent survey by research company Kantar found four in ten would not want young children to be taught LGBTQ+ inclusive lessons.

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