Lesbian.com : Connecting lesbians worldwide | LGB health https://www.lesbian.com Connecting lesbians worldwide Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:59:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Study: Anti-gay communities affect LGB mortality https://www.lesbian.com/study-anti-gay-communities-affect-lgb-mortality/ https://www.lesbian.com/study-anti-gay-communities-affect-lgb-mortality/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:00:20 +0000 http://www.lesbian.com/?p=20833 Anti-gay prejudice shortens LGB lifespan by 12 years.

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In the first study to look at the consequences of anti-gay prejudice for mortality, researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals who lived in communities with high levels of anti-gay prejudice have a shorter life expectancy of 12 years on average compared with their peers in the least prejudiced communities.

“The results of this study suggest a broadening of the consequences of prejudice to include premature death,” noted the study’s lead author, Mark Hatzenbuehler, PhD, assistant professor of Sociomedical Sciences.

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