Dermatologic care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons Terminology, demographics, health disparities, and approaches to care

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Howa Yeung, Emory University; Kevin M. Luk, Emory University; Suephy Chen, Emory University; Brian A. Ginsberg, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York; Kenneth A. Katz, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA
• Language: English
• Date: 2019-03-01
• Publisher: Mosby-Elsevier
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2018 by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2018.02.042
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
• Volume: 80
• Issue: 3
• Start Page: 581
• End Page: 589
• Grant/Funding Information: Supported in part by the Dermatology Foundation and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health under award number UL1TR002378 and KL2TR002381 (H.Y.).
• Keywords: Minority stress; LGBT; Sexual orientation; lesbian; minority health; Gender identity; dermatology; gay; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Same-sex; health disparities; Science & Technology; bisexual; Dermatology; sexual minority; transgender; Access; Women
• Research Categories: Sociology, Demography; Gender Studies; Health Sciences, Public Health; Health Sciences, Epidemiology; Health Sciences, Health Care Management

Abstract

More than 10 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons live in the United States. Improving their health is a public health priority. LGBT persons have specific health concerns and face health care disparities. Awareness of those issues and disparities can enable dermatologists to provide medically appropriate and culturally competent care to LGBT patients. This review highlights terminology important in caring for LGBT persons, LGBT demographics in the United States, health care disparities faced by LGBT persons, and approaches to caring for LGBT patients.