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Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Youth
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Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Youth

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2022) | Viewed by 5899

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Charlier Philippe

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Guest Editor
Section of Medical Anthropology (EA 4498, UVSQ), UFR of Health Sciences, 2 Avenue de la Source-de-la-Bièvre, 78180 Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France
Interests: LGBT

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) care journeys are special experiences, and even more so when it comes to children and adolescents. The health of LGBT youth has been (and is still being) considerably impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, beyond this long period of crisis, what have been the latest developments in the care and support of LGBT youth?

The scientific community needs benchmarks on a wide variety of issues, including rejection and stigma, worsening of psychological and physical (including sexual) violence, improvement in surgical techniques, tensions (and misunderstandings) in the context of indigenous communities, "pinkwashing", identification of gay-friendly health practitioners (and banning of practitioners with harmful practices toward LGBT youth), new health issues, etc. How can and should the post-COVID society be even more inclusive with regard to LGBT youth? Why is the health of LGBT people (especially that of young people) still a medical taboo in many geopolitical contexts?

We are looking for papers that provide reasoned, precise, and scientific answers to each of these themes in order to be able to guarantee easier access to care and equal opportunities in terms of health for LGBT youth.

Dr. Charlier Philippe
Guest Editor

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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)
  • psychological health
  • sexual health
  • physical violence
  • sexual violence

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LGBTQ+ Youth Health: An Unmet Need in Pediatrics
by Pierluigi Diana and Susanna Esposito
Children 2022, 9(7), 1027; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/children9071027 - 11 Jul 2022
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Abstract
At present, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people (LGBTQ+) are increasingly being empowered to freely express themselves, particularly young people and rising generations. Although data underline the trend of more open expression of different sexual orientations and gender identities, LGBTQ+ adolescents [...] Read more.
At present, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people (LGBTQ+) are increasingly being empowered to freely express themselves, particularly young people and rising generations. Although data underline the trend of more open expression of different sexual orientations and gender identities, LGBTQ+ adolescents still suffer discrimination in the health care framework. Inclusive care by providers to look after the health of LGBTQ+ indiviuals is needed. Pediatricians are often the first health care providers for LGBTQ+ youth facing their sexual and gender identities. Unfortunately, pediatricians have limited knowledge about LGBTQ+ issues, which keeps them from fulfilling the specific needs of LGBTQ+ youth. The purpose of this review is to frame the most important aspects of LGBTQ+ youths’ lives, including risks, difficulties and needs, that pediatricians should investigate and meet to provide these youth with better and more individualizedassistance regarding their health. A literature analysis showed that pediatricians have insufficient knowledge of and comfort with several items regarding the management of LGBTQ+ youths. Increased awareness and knowledge of the specific and exclusive needs of LGBTQ+ adolescents are mandatory, including dedicated pediatric LGBTQ+ health care training. This would give them the opportunity to forward an inclusive health care system, thus reducing the risks related to stigma, bullying and family rejection and promoting sex education. Further studies are needed to better evaluate the prevalence of LGBTQ+ youths, gender-based medicine in pediatrics and the effects of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ+ younth population due to increased risks of psychosocial suffering, isolation and mental diseases. Full article
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